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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 03, 2015
Filed:
Jun. 13, 2013
Research IN Motion Limited, Waterloo, CA;
Ronald Scotte Zinn, Waterloo, CA;
Noushad Naqvi, Waterloo, CA;
Ingo W. Weigele, Waterloo, CA;
Catherine M. Phillips, Waterloo, CA;
BlackBerry Limited, Waterloo, CA (US);
Abstract
A method for use in a mobile station involves receiving a plurality of Mobile Country Code (MCC) and Mobile Network Code (MNC) pairs corresponding to a plurality of available PLMNs available to the mobile station; selecting a PLMN from the plurality of available PLMN available to the mobile station; and if there is no match between the received MCC and MNC pair of a selected PLMN and a plurality of home network MCC and MNC pairs corresponding to a plurality of home networks in a Home Public Land Mobile Network (HPLMN) list of the mobile station, the HPLMN list identifying a plurality of home networks of the mobile station, displaying a roaming indicator.