US 11,722,956 B2
Securing the choice of the network visited during roaming
Cedric Bonnet, Chatillon (FR); and Sanaa El Moumouhi, Chatillon (FR)
Assigned to ORANGE, Issy-les-Moulineaux (FR)
Filed by ORANGE, Issy-les-Moulineaux (FR)
Filed on Apr. 22, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/727,025.
Application 17/727,025 is a continuation of application No. 16/609,114, granted, now 11,343,751, previously published as PCT/FR2018/050997, filed on Apr. 20, 2018.
Claims priority of application No. 1753798 (FR), filed on Apr. 28, 2017.
Prior Publication US 2022/0248320 A1, Aug. 4, 2022
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. H04W 48/02 (2009.01); H04W 48/18 (2009.01); H04W 8/02 (2009.01)
CPC H04W 48/18 (2013.01) [H04W 8/02 (2013.01); H04W 48/02 (2013.01)] 15 Claims
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1. A connection method comprising:
connecting a terminal beyond a range of the terminal's home network and in a range of a plurality of networks in a visited area, termed visited networks, the connecting comprising the following acts performed by the terminal:
sending to a first visited network of the plurality of networks a request to connect the terminal to the first visited network,
receiving from the first visited network a response to the request to connect the terminal to the first visited network, the response comprising a list of at least one network of the plurality of networks, to which the terminal must connect by priority, without sending a request for the list,
storing the list in a computer-readable memory, and
disconnecting the terminal from the first visited network and connecting the terminal to a second visited network of the stored list.