Patent ID: 7043239

Claim:
A method of displaying system tags by a wireless terminal, comprising: determining if a serving system for the terminal is one of at least one home systems for the terminal; it the serving system is one of the at least one home systems: displaying a home system; and if the serving system in not one of the at least one home systems: determining availability of a roaming system tag for the serving system by including ascertaining a system identification (SID) and a roaming indicator value for the serving system, and further by including ascertaining whether the SID value for the serving system is included in a set of SID values for which roaming system tags are available; and displaying the roaming system tag associated with the SID value of the serving system if available; wherein the determining further including ascertaining a roaming indicator value for the serving system, and further including ascertaining whether the roaming indicator value for the serving system is included in a set of roaming indicator values for which roaming system tags are available, and wherein the roaming system tag associated with the roaming indicator value for the serving system is displayed if available and if the roaming system tag associated with the SID value for the serving system is not available.