Roaming services using home location register
View Patent ↗A distributed home location register (DHLR) ( 102 - 104 ) authorizes roaming services agreement electronically for a user ( 1 ) in a foreign network ( 120 ). A home network 100 has a network HLR 101 which records the roaming agreement and charges for billing user ( 1 ). A visitor location register (VLR) ( 122 ) then charges user ( 1 ) for services while in the foreign network ( 120 ) according to the roaming services agreement.
1. An arrangement for services in a foreign network by a user of a home network comprising:
the home network including:
a first network home location register (HLR) coupled to a communication system; and
a distributed home location register (DHLR) for storing a list of the services required by the user, said DHLR being directly coupled to the user via a mobile device;
the foreign network including:
a visitor location register (VLR) for determining an agreement for the services which are needed by the user in the foreign network; and
a second network HLR coupled to the communication system;
a mobile device of the user coupled to the foreign network for approving the agreement for the services; and
a communication network for coupling the DHLR and the mobile device to the foreign network.
2. The arrangement as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the DHLR is not located at a telecommunication services provider.
3. The arrangement as claimed in claim 2 , wherein there is further included a plurality of users, each user of the plurality of users having a DHLR indicating which services are available to each user.
4. The arrangement as claimed in claim 3 , wherein the first network HLR for a particular user includes a pointer to the DHLR for the particular user.
5. The arrangement as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the DHLR includes means for requesting approval of the agreement by the mobile device.
6. The arrangement as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the distributed home location register (DHLR) includes a computing device.
7. The arrangement as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the communication network includes an internet connection between the DHLR and the foreign network.
8. The arrangement as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the communication network includes a wireless connection between the DHLR and the foreign network.
9. The arrangement as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the communication network includes a wire line connection between the DHLR and the foreign network.