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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 09, 2014
Filed:
Sep. 05, 2012
Patricia R. Chang, San Ramon, CA (US);
Lalit R. Kotecha, San Ramon, CA (US);
Benjamin J. Parker, Foster City, CA (US);
David Chiang, Fremont, CA (US);
Jack T. Tang, Danville, CA (US);
James A. Wales, Santa Cruz, CA (US);
Patricia R. Chang, San Ramon, CA (US);
Lalit R. Kotecha, San Ramon, CA (US);
Benjamin J. Parker, Foster City, CA (US);
David Chiang, Fremont, CA (US);
Jack T. Tang, Danville, CA (US);
James A. Wales, Santa Cruz, CA (US);
Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc., Basking Ridge, NJ (US);
Cellco Partnership, Basking Ridge, NJ (US);
Abstract
A user equipment (UE) provides a device identifier to a server device, and receives, based on one of the device identifier or a location of the device, carrier pricing information from the server device. The UE provides the carrier pricing information for display, and receives a selection of a particular carrier from the displayed carrier pricing information. The UE provides an indication of the particular carrier to the server device, initializes a connection with the particular carrier, and performs one or more communication operations via the connection with the particular carrier.