Method of enabling a wireless device to make a network connection without using a network operator's home location register

摘要

A wireless device can initiate a network connection without using a network operator's home location register. The wireless device sends data to a server that defines a call request; and the server decides on the appropriate routing over all available networks for that call request. But, unlike a conventional HLR, the server can receive communications from the device using any one of several different protocols, and is not limited to the MAP (mobile application part) protocol. For example, the wireless device can use SMS or HTTP over the internet to communicate with the server. The server then determines the appropriate least cost routing.

主权项

1. Computer program product embodied on a non-transitory storage medium, the computer program product when executing on a wireless device configured to enable the wireless device, when located in a region, to initiate a network connection without using a network operator's home location register that covers that region, the computer program product configured to:
(a) contact a server to communicate with the server over a wireless link, and (b) send, over the wireless link, data to the server that defines a call request; wherein, in response to the call request, a software application running on the server decides on the appropriate routing to a 3rd party end-user for that call request without using the network operator's home or visitor location register.