Patent ID: 8626165

Claim:
A method, implemented by a server computing system, the method comprising: detecting, by the server computing system, a condition associated with a switch of a home network from a current wireless carrier to a specified wireless carrier; identifying, by the server computing system, a user device to which the condition applies; and responsive to identifying the user device to which the condition applies, sending, by the server computing system, a message to the user device while the user device is connected to the current wireless carrier, the message indicating the switch to the specified wireless carrier; and sending, by the server computing system, a device profile for the specified wireless carrier to the user device, the device profile comprising a subscriber identity module (SIM) profile and a modem profile for the specified wireless carrier, the SIM profile defining a new unique international mobile subscriber identity (IMSI) associated with the specified wireless carrier that will replace a current IMSI associated with the current wireless carrier.