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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 24, 2026
Filed:
Jun. 12, 2023
Charter Communications Operating, Llc, St. Louis, MO (US);
Saran Khalid, Denver, CO (US);
Charter Communications Operating, LLC, St. Louis, MO (US);
Abstract
The present invention relates to methods and apparatus for preventing roaming of user equipment on a first wireless network. An exemplary embodiment includes the steps of: receiving, at a location tracking device of a first wireless network, geographic location information for a user equipment device connected to a first wireless base station of the first wireless network; determining, by the location tracking device, whether or not to restrict the user equipment device from roaming to a second wireless network based on the received geographic location information; and when the determination is to restrict the user equipment device from roaming to the second wireless network, communicating a temporary roaming restriction instruction to the user equipment device, the temporary roaming restriction instruction when implemented by the user equipment device restricting the user equipment device from roaming to the second wireless network.