US 11,751,044 B2
Call routing while roaming on a 5G wireless telecommunication network
Joel Arends, Renton, WA (US); Nassereddine Sabeur, Bellevue, WA (US); and Raymond Ball, Seattle, WA (US)
Assigned to T-Mobile USA, Inc., Bellevue, WA (US)
Filed by T-Mobile USA, Inc., Bellevue, WA (US)
Filed on Aug. 11, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/886,118.
Application 17/886,118 is a continuation of application No. 17/193,848, filed on Mar. 5, 2021, granted, now 11,445,357.
Prior Publication US 2022/0386101 A1, Dec. 1, 2022
Int. Cl. H04W 40/20 (2009.01); H04W 8/12 (2009.01); H04L 101/65 (2022.01)
CPC H04W 8/12 (2013.01) [H04W 40/20 (2013.01); H04L 2101/65 (2022.05)] 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. At least one computer-readable medium, storing instructions, which when executed by at least one data processor, execute operations comprising:
receive, at a user equipment (UE) associated with a first wireless telecommunication network, a first telephone number input by a user, wherein the first telephone number is a location-dependent number;
provide, by the UE, a connection request based on the first telephone number,
wherein the UE is roaming on a second wireless telecommunication network,
wherein both the first wireless telecommunication network and the second wireless telecommunication network employ fifth-generation (5G) or higher technology standards for broadband cellular communications,
wherein the first wireless telecommunication network lacks location information needed for routing, and
wherein the first and second wireless telecommunication networks exchange information for facilitating the first wireless telecommunication network in routing the location-dependent first telephone number; and,
based on the information, receive, at the UE, connectivity based on the location-dependent first telephone number.