Patent ID: 8805365

Claim:
A method performed by a mobile device to connect to a location-based cellular data connection service, comprising: determining whether the mobile device is authorized to access a main network that is identified by a main Access Point Name (APN); and if the mobile device is not authorized to access the main network: determining an approximate location of the mobile device; using the approximate location to determine whether at least one location-based APN out of a set of location-based APNs is associated with the mobile device, wherein each location-based APN identifies an associated network; and if at least one location-based APN is associated with the mobile device: allowing a user to select an associated location-based APN; transmitting a data activation request for the selected location-based APN; determining whether the data activation is successful; and if the data activation is successful, connecting to the associated network identified by the selected location-based APN.