Patent ID: 7187928
Filing Date: 2007-03-06
Classification: H04W

Abstract:
1. A system for allowing a subscriber to a prepaid communication service to roam between different service markets, the system comprising: a serving mobile switching center of a respective serving market capable of communicating with a roaming subscriber's phone unit and capable of generating a request for a profile associated with the subscriber, a location register in communication with the serving mobile switching center and in communication with a home location register associated with the subscriber profile, the location register being capable of: collecting the requested subscriber profile, determining whether a prepaid platform is associated with the respective market of the serving mobile switching center, and selectively modifying the requested and collected subscriber profile based on whether a prepaid platform is associated with the respective market of the serving mobile switching center, and a prepaid platform capable of performing call processing for a call associated with the subscriber, where the selective modification of the requested and collected subscriber profile by the location register is for enabling the serving mobile switching center to employ the prepaid platform associated with the respective market and thereby to enable the provision of prepaid services to the roaming subscriber.