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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Apr. 26, 2011

Filed:

May. 05, 2010
Applicants:

Robert C. Pippert, Lenexa, KS (US);

Joseph E. Bennett, Olathe, KS (US);

Ryan S. Talley, Olathe, KS (US);

Joseph I. Schield, Lee's Summit, MO (US);

Andrew M. Wurtenberger, Olathe, KS (US);

Inventors:

Robert C. Pippert, Lenexa, KS (US);

Joseph E. Bennett, Olathe, KS (US);

Ryan S. Talley, Olathe, KS (US);

Joseph I. Schield, Lee's Summit, MO (US);

Andrew M. Wurtenberger, Olathe, KS (US);

Assignee:

Sprint Spectrum L.P., Overland Park, KS (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 4/00 (2009.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

Methods and systems are provided for dynamic selection by a mobile station of its home agent using its preferred roaming list (PRL). A mobile station maintains a PRL comprising an association between (i) a first set of data identifying a first wireless wide area network (WWAN) and (ii) a first identifier of a first home agent. The mobile station detects a broadcast of the first set of data by the first WWAN. Responsive to detecting the broadcast of the first set of data by the first WWAN, the mobile station connects to the first WWAN. Responsive to connecting to the first WWAN, the mobile station uses the first identifier to register with the first home agent.


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