Patent ID: 8412187

Claim:
A method comprising: sending, by a terminal, a roaming rule request to at least one service provider, wherein the at least one service provider includes at least one of a visited service provider and a home service provider; receiving a roaming rule response from the at least one service provider, wherein the roaming rule response specifies a roaming rule that indicates which of a plurality of service guide fragments the terminal is permitted to access; acquiring service guide fragments from the at least one service provider in accordance with the roaming rule and processing the service guide fragments; sending, to the home service provider or the visited service provider, a service provisioning request for a purchase item, wherein the service provisioning request includes a purchase item identifier and a user identifier; receiving, from the home service provider or the visited service provider, a service provisioning response regarding the purchase item; and accessing at least one of a service and content related to the purchase item, wherein the at least one of a service and content is provided by the visited service provider.