Patent ID: 8561135

Claim:
A method, with a wireless device, for providing authentication information to a network, the method comprising: determining that at least one authentication context resides in memory, wherein the authentication context includes authentication credentials for authenticating the wireless device; analyzing the at least one authentication context to determine if at least one realm identifier associated with a home service provider is included in the at least one authentication context and wherein the realm identifier identifies a home realm of the wireless device and includes a unique wireless device identifier and an identifier associated with the home service provider of the wireless device; prompting, in response to determining that at least one realm identifier fails to be included in the at least one authentication context, a user to update the at least one authentication context with at least one realm identifier associated with a home service provider; receiving from a user at least one of a user selection of at least one realm identifier associated with a home service provider, and user data entry identifying at least one realm identifier associated with a home service provider; and updating, in response to the receiving, the at least one authentication context with the at least one realm identifier received from the user.