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Date of Patent:
May. 13, 2025

Filed:

Feb. 24, 2022
Applicant:

T-mobile Usa, Inc., Bellevue, WA (US);

Inventors:

Mehul Shah, Bellevue, WA (US);

Chingming Chao, Bellevue, WA (US);

Assignee:

T-Mobile USA, Inc., Bellevue, WA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 4/12 (2009.01); H04W 8/04 (2009.01); H04W 8/06 (2009.01); H04W 8/12 (2009.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 8/04 (2013.01); H04W 4/12 (2013.01); H04W 8/06 (2013.01); H04W 8/12 (2013.01);
Abstract

A mobile device, via a roaming platform, can switch IMSIs (e.g., Home IMSI-, Roamer IMSI-, etc.) depending on a location of the mobile device. Upon switching IMSIs, the roaming platform can forward the update location to an HLR of the home network and roaming network. If the MMSC on the home network receives an MMS message, the MMSC on the home network may query the HLR for a current location. From the query, if the message recipient is roaming, the MMSC on the home network may communicate with the MMSC on the roaming network to deliver the message. As a result, the roaming network can handle the routing of the message without a data session routed back through the home network.


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