Patent ID: 8036645

Claim:
In a wireless telecommunications network, a method for providing assistance to a user of the mobile device, wherein the mobile device is associated with a home network for the user, and wherein the home network forms at least a part of the wireless telecommunications network, the method comprising: detecting a predetermined network event locally at the mobile device, wherein the network event indicates to the mobile device that the mobile device is roaming outside of the home network or is roaming into another network; based at least in part on the locally detected network event, automatically executing an action at the mobile device, wherein the action is in addition to, or excludes, display to the user of an indication that the mobile device is roaming outside of the home network, and, wherein the mobile device automatically takes the action, locally at the mobile device, to provide a context-sensitive service to the user of the mobile device, wherein the context-sensitive service is a wireless service related to the roaming of the mobile device outside of the home network or the roaming into another network, and wherein the action includes providing, via the mobile device, either: a displayable or audible notice to the user of the mobile device, or an automatic change to local settings or to functions of the mobile device.