Patent ID: 7596375

Claim:
A network name displaying method for use in a mobile wireless terminal, the method comprising: maintaining access to a Home Public Land Mobile Network (HPLMN) list and a Preferred PLMN (PPLMN) list which are stored in memory of the mobile wireless terminal, the HPLMN list identifying a plurality of home networks of the mobile wireless terminal and the PPLMN list identifying a plurality of non-home roaming networks; maintaining access to a home network display name which is stored in the memory in association with the HPLMN list; comparing a received MCC and MNC pair of a selected wireless communication network with a plurality of home network MCC and MNC pairs corresponding to the plurality of home networks of the HPLMN list; in response to identifying a match between the received MCC and MNC pair of the selected available wireless communication network and any one of the home network MCC and MNC pairs: causing the home network display name to be visually displayed; and if there is no match between the received MCC and MNC pair of the selected available wireless communication network and the home network MCC and MNC pairs: causing an alternate display name corresponding to the non-home roaming network to be visually displayed.