IP Library Granted Patent US 9,445,360
Granted Patent B2
US 9,445,360 · App. 14/573,751 · Granted Sep 13, 2016

Method and system for providing global multiline roaming

Inventor: Ramesh Marimuthu (Edison, NJ)
Assignee: Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc.
H04W48/18H04W8/02H04W60/00
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Patent No.
US 9,445,360
App. No.
14/573,751
Granted
Sep 13, 2016
Kind
B2
Abstract

An approach is provided for global multiline roaming. A global roaming multiline platform provisions a communication device with a plurality of communication access numbers respectively associated with a plurality of communication service regions, wherein the plurality of communication access numbers are associated with a single subscriber identity module (SIM) of the communication device. The platform also selects a target communication access number from among the plurality of communication access numbers for relaying a communication session to or from the communication device based on a location of the communication device, a location of a called device, a location of a calling device, or a combination thereof with respect to the plurality of communication service regions.

Claims (54)

1. A method comprising:

provisioning a communication device with a plurality of communication access numbers respectively associated with a plurality of communication service regions, wherein the plurality of communication access numbers are associated with a single subscriber identity module (SIM) of the communication device;

selecting a target communication access number, from among the plurality of communication access numbers, based on a location of the communication device, such that the selected target communication access number is associated with a communication service region, of the plurality of communication service regions, that correspond to the location of the communication device;

initiating a communication session, with a called device, based on the selected target communication access number; and

selecting a second communication access number, from among the plurality of communication access numbers, associated with a communication service region, of the plurality of communication service regions, that corresponds to a local communication access number of the called device, the target communication access number and the second communication access number being different from one another,

wherein the initiation of the communication session includes providing the second communication access number to the called device for display at the called device.

2. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

presenting caller identification information, corresponding to the second communication access number, at the called device.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the plurality of communication access numbers are concurrently active on the communication device for initiating or receiving the communication session.

4. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

detecting a request to register the communication device in a communication network within one of the plurality of communication service regions; and

determining the location of the communication device based on the request, the communication network, or a combination thereof.

5. The method of claim 4 , further comprising:

designating one communication access number from among the plurality of communication access numbers as a primary communication access number for the communication device while the device is at the location,

wherein the one communication access number is associated with the one of the plurality of communication service regions.

6. The method of claim 4 , further comprising:

in response to the request to register the communication device, presenting an option for selecting the target communication access number from among the plurality of communication access numbers.

7. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

updating a roaming profile for the communication device within a communication infrastructure based on the target communication access number,

wherein the communication session is relayed to or from the communication device based on the roaming profile.

8. The method of claim 1 , wherein the plurality of service regions correspond to a plurality of different countries.

9. An apparatus comprising a processor configured to:

provision a communication device with a plurality of communication access numbers respectively associated with a plurality of communication service regions, wherein the plurality of communication access numbers are associated with a single subscriber identity module (SIM) of the communication device, and the plurality of service regions corresponding to a plurality of different countries; and

select a target communication access number, from among the plurality of communication access numbers, based on a location of the communication device, such that the selected target communication access number is associated with a communication service region, of the plurality of communication service regions, that correspond to the location of the communication device;

initiate a communication session, with a called device, based on the selected target communication access number; and

select a second communication access number, from among the plurality of communication access numbers, associated with a communication service region, of the plurality of communication service regions, that corresponds to a local communication access number of the called device, the target communication access number and the second communication access number being different from one another,

wherein the initiation of the communication session includes providing the second communication access number to the called device for display at the called device.

10. The apparatus of claim 9 , further configured to:

present caller identification information, corresponding to the second communication access number, at the called device.

11. The apparatus of claim 9 , wherein the plurality of communication access numbers are concurrently active on the communication device for initiating or receiving the communication session.

12. The apparatus of claim 9 , further configured to:

detect a request to register the communication device in a communication network within one of the plurality of communication service regions; and

determine the location of the communication device based on the request, the communication network, or a combination thereof.

13. The apparatus of claim 12 , further configured to:

designate one communication access number from among the plurality of communication access numbers as a primary communication access number for the communication device while the device is at the location,

wherein the one communication access number is associated with the one of the plurality of communication service regions.

14. The apparatus of claim 12 , further configured to:

in response to the request to register the communication device, present an option for selecting the target communication access number from among the plurality of communication access numbers.

15. The apparatus of claim 9 , further configured to:

update a roaming profile for the communication device within a communication infrastructure based on the target communication access number,

wherein the communication session is relayed to or from the communication device based on the roaming profile.

16. The apparatus of claim 9 , wherein the plurality of service regions correspond to a plurality of different countries.

17. A system comprising:

a communication device configured with a subscriber identity module; and

a platform configured to:

provision the communication device with a plurality of communication access numbers respectively associated with a plurality of communication service regions, wherein the plurality of communication access numbers are associated with the subscriber identity module SIM);

select a target communication access number, from among the plurality of communication access numbers, based on a location of the communication device, such that the selected target communication access number is associated with a communication service region, of the plurality of communication service regions, that correspond to the location of the communication device;

initiate a communication session, with a called device, based on the selected target communication access number; and

select a second communication access number, from among the plurality of communication access numbers, associated with a communication service region, of the plurality of communication service regions, that corresponds to a local communication access number of the called device, the target communication access number and the second communication access number being different from one another,

wherein the initiation of the communication session includes providing the second communication access number to the called device for display at the called device.

18. The system of claim 17 , wherein the platform is further configured to:

present caller identification, corresponding to the second communication access number, at the called device.

19. The system of claim 17 , wherein the plurality of communication access numbers are concurrently active on the communication device for initiating or receiving the communication session.

20. The system of claim 17 , wherein the plurality of service regions correspond to a plurality of different countries.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 17, 2014
From: MARIMUTHU, RAMESH
To: VERIZON PATENT AND LICENSIING INC.
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Continuity (1)
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