Patent ID: 8744436

Claim:
A method, for managing access to wireless services for a mobile terminal, comprising: retrieving, by a tangible component comprising a processor and being part of a wireless communications network, from the mobile terminal, pre-modified access information associated with the mobile terminal; generating, by the tangible component, proximity-based access information according to a proximity algorithm, wherein: generating the proximity-based access information comprises modifying the pre-modified access information according to the proximity algorithm; the proximity algorithm comprises a plurality of percentage goals; each of the plurality of percentage goals is associated with a respective foreign network of a plurality of foreign networks; each of the plurality of percentage goals represents a target percentage of wireless terminals registered to the respective foreign network; a sum of the plurality of percentages is always one-hundred percent; and the proximity algorithm causes the tangible component to: determine, in connection with each foreign network, of the plurality of foreign networks, an actual-verses-goal percentage difference being a difference in percentage between an actual present percentage of wireless terminals registered presently to the foreign network and the percentage goals is associated with the foreign network; and collate a list of the foreign networks based on a proximity of the actual present percentage for each foreign network to the percentage goal for the foreign network so that a foreign network, of the plurality of foreign networks, associated with a higher actual-verses-goal percentage difference is collated to a first end of the list and a foreign network, of the plurality of foreign networks, associated with a lower actual-verses-goal percentage difference is collated to a second end of the list; and sending, by the tangible component, the proximity-based access information to the mobile terminal to remotely manage registration of the mobile terminal to one of the plurality of foreign networks based upon the proximity-based access information.