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Date of Patent:
Jun. 11, 2019

Filed:

Sep. 23, 2015
Applicant:

Blackberry Limited, Waterloo, CA;

Inventors:

Nicholas James Russell, Newbury, GB;

Jean-Philippe Paul Cormier, London, GB;

Adrian Buckley, Tracy, CA (US);

Assignee:

BlackBerry Limited, Waterloo, Ontario, CA;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 8/08 (2009.01); H04W 48/20 (2009.01); H04W 48/00 (2009.01); H04W 88/02 (2009.01); H04L 29/12 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 48/17 (2013.01); H04L 61/3075 (2013.01); H04W 8/082 (2013.01); H04W 48/20 (2013.01); H04L 61/6054 (2013.01); H04W 88/02 (2013.01);
Abstract

Methods and apparatus for configuring network connections using memory are described. An example method for use in mobile equipment includes: reading a mobile subscriber identity from a memory device associated with the mobile equipment; determining if part or all of the mobile subscriber identity matches a data set entry within a file associated with the mobile equipment; determining if an elementary file is on the memory device; when the elementary file is on the memory device, determining if an access point name is stored in a location identified in the elementary file; and when the access point name is stored in the location identified in the elementary file, using the access point name to connect the mobile equipment to a mobile network. Other examples are disclosed.


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