Limiting data service for a home terminal roaming near home coverage

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 9344873
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14739700

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Disclosed is a method and system to help better manage resources when a mobile terminal is roaming while within a home-carrier coverage hole or while otherwise threshold close to home carrier coverage. In accordance with the disclosure, a mobile terminal's home carrier will determine that the mobile terminal is being served by a roaming carrier's cell site that is threshold close to a home carrier's cell site, and the home carrier will responsively assign to the mobile terminal an IP address that the home carrier is configured to block.

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Patent Owner(s)

  • SPRINT COMMUNICATIONS COMPANY L.P.;SPRINT SPECTRUM L.P.

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Pavanasam, Chidambaram C Overland Park, US 2 0
Swaminathan, Ramkumar Olathe, US 4 10
Velusamy, Saravana Olathe, US 85 247
Wells, Anthony C Overland Park, US 5 113
Xue, Wen Overland Park, US 64 497
Zhu, Lei Overland Park, US 347 2154

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