Apparatus and method for subscribing to international roaming plan for communication device

摘要

A computerized method for subscribing an international roaming plan for a communication device, the communication device includes an electronic map. At least one border checkpoint of a predetermined country can be determined on the electronic map. A distance between a current location of the communication device and the location of the at least one border checkpoint is calculated. When the calculated distance is less than a predetermined distance and the current location of the communication device is within the home country, a user may be prompted to select whether to subscribe to an international roaming plan for a particular period of time. A preset message is sent to a predetermined service terminal provided by a telecommunication company to subscribe to the international roaming plan for the communication device when the user makes a selection to subscribe to the international roaming plan for the communication device.

主权项

1. A computerized method for subscribing to an international roaming plan for a communication device, the communication device comprising a positioning device and an electronic map, the method comprising:
determining a location of at least one border checkpoint of a predetermined country on the electronic map; obtaining a current location of the communication device using the positioning device; calculating a distance between the current location and the location of the at least one border checkpoint; determining whether the calculated distance is less than a predetermined distance and whether the current location of the communication device is inside the predetermined country; notifying a user to select whether to subscribe to an international roaming plan for the communication device when the calculated distance is less than the predetermined distance and the current location of the communication device is inside the predetermined country; sending a first preset message to a predetermined service terminal provided by a telecommunication company to subscribe to the international roaming plan for the communication device, when the user makes a selection to subscribe to the international roaming plan for the communication device; determining whether the current location of the communication device is located outside the predetermined country and whether the distance between the current location and the location of the at least one border checkpoint is less than the predetermined distance at regular intervals after the international roaming plan has been subscribed to for a predetermined period of time; prompting the user to select whether to cancel the international roaming plan which has previously been subscribed to, when the current location of the communication device is located outside the predetermined country and the distance between the current location of the communication device and the location of the at least one border checkpoint is less than the predetermined distance; and sending a second preset message to the predetermined service terminal to cancel the international roaming plan in relation to the communication device, when the user makes a selection to cancel the international roaming plan.