Patent ID: 8849249

Claim:
A system for connecting a wireless device to a local network of local mobile server system on an ad hoc basis after the wireless device has left the manufacturer, comprising: the wireless device having at least one processor and memory system including at least one non-transient machine readable medium storing one or more machine instructions, which when invoked cause the at least one processor to implement a process including at least sending, from the wireless device, a request to newly establish service with the local mobile server system, the wireless device not having an international mobile subscriber identity (IMSI) that is valid for the local service prior to sending the request; in response, receiving, at the wireless device, credential data from the local network of the local mobile server systems, the credential data including at least an IMSI that is valid for the local service; and the processor system writing the credential data to the memory system; wherein the credential data is received on an ad hoc basis after the wireless device has left the manufacturer.