1. A method of enabling unlimited roaming service, the method comprising:
receiving, by a home wireless service provider, a registration request from a roaming service provider identifying a subscriber device;
enabling receipt of the unlimited roaming service to the subscriber device on the roaming service provider based on authorization by the home wireless service provider, wherein a subscriber associated with the subscriber device is not required to have an account with the roaming service provider in order to receive the unlimited roaming service; and
registering the subscriber device as a home subscriber device in a home location register associated with the home wireless service provider based on a determination of one or more subscriber-level values associated with the subscriber, wherein the subscriber device is registered with the roaming service provider as a home subscriber device based on the authorization of the unlimited roaming service.
2. The method of claim 1, wherein registering the subscriber device as a home subscriber device comprises determining whether a home market of the subscriber corresponds with the roaming service provider.
3. The method of claim 1, wherein the one or more subscriber-level values include at least one of a service plan of the subscriber or a billing plan of the subscriber.
4. The method of claim 1, further comprising causing transmission, by the home location register, that the subscriber device has been registered as a home subscriber device.
5. The method of claim 1 further comprising:
receiving, from the roaming service provider, a call request associated with the subscriber device; and
suspending billing associated with the call request.
6. The method of claim 5, wherein suspending billing further comprises suppressing a pre-call announcement associated with standard roaming service.
7. The method of claim 5, wherein suspending billing further comprises suspending an account balance verification.
8. The method of claim 1, further comprising:
receiving, by the home wireless service provider, a registration request from the roaming service provider identifying a second subscriber device;
determining, based on a billing system configuration, that the second subscriber device is not authorized to receive unlimited roaming service on a roaming partner switch; and
processing the registration request from the roaming service provider identifying the second subscriber device to provide standard roaming service to the second subscriber device.
9. The method of claim 1, further comprising registering the subscriber device in a billing system as an unlimited roaming service subscriber device, wherein registering the subscriber device in the billing system is performed in real-time.
10. The method of claim 1, further comprising restricting the unlimited roaming service provided to the subscriber device to a subscribed level of service.
11. The method of claim 10, wherein the subscribed level of service includes unlimited voice service.
12. A system comprising:
a home wireless service provider that includes a billing system and a home location register, wherein the home wireless service provider includes processor electronics and a memory storing instructions that, when executed by the processor electronics, cause the processor electronics to perform operations comprising:
authorizing, in the billing system, a requesting subscriber device to receive unlimited roaming service on one or more roaming service providers, wherein the requesting subscriber device is associated with the one or more roaming service providers as a home subscriber device based on a received authorization;
registering, in response to receiving a registration request identifying the requesting subscriber device from the one or more roaming service providers, the requesting subscriber device in the home location register as a home subscriber device and in the billing system as an unlimited roaming service subscriber device, wherein the home location register is configured to determine one or more subscriber-level values associated with a subscriber; and
enabling provision of the unlimited roaming service to the requesting subscriber device on the one or more roaming service providers, wherein the subscriber associated with the requesting subscriber device is not required to have an account with the one or more roaming service providers in order to receive the unlimited roaming service.
13. The system of claim 12, wherein registering the requesting subscriber device in the home location register and in the billing system comprises determining whether a home market of the subscriber corresponds with the one or more roaming service providers.
14. The system of claim 12, wherein the one or more subscriber-level values include at least one of a service plan associated with the subscriber or a billing plan associated with the subscriber.
15. The system of claim 12, wherein the home location register is configured to transmit a message to the billing system, the message indicating that the requesting subscriber device has been registered as a home subscriber device.
16. The system of claim 12, wherein the operations further comprise:
receiving, from a roaming partner switch, a call request associated with the requesting subscriber device; and
suspending billing associated with the call request.
17. The system of claim 16, wherein the operations further comprise suppressing a pre-call announcement associated with standard roaming service.
18. The system of claim 16, wherein the operations further comprise suspending an account balance verification.
19. The system of claim 12, wherein the operations further comprise:
receiving a registration request from a roaming partner switch identifying a second subscriber device associated with the home wireless service provider;
determining, based on a billing system configuration, that the second subscriber device is not authorized to receive the unlimited roaming service on the roaming partner switch; and
providing standard roaming service to the second subscriber device.
20. The system of claim 12, wherein the operations further comprise registering the requesting subscriber device in the billing system in real-time.
21. The system of claim 12, wherein the operations further comprise restricting the unlimited roaming service enabled for the requesting subscriber device to a subscribed level of service.
22. The system of claim 21, wherein the subscribed level of service includes unlimited voice service.
23. A method of enabling unlimited roaming service on a roaming partner switch, the method comprising:
receiving, by a home wireless service provider, a registration request from a roaming subscriber device on a roaming wireless network;
determining that the roaming subscriber device is eligible to receive the unlimited roaming service based at least in part on a determination that the roaming subscriber device corresponds to a home subscriber device on a home wireless network provided by the home wireless service provider; and
facilitating the unlimited roaming service to the roaming subscriber device by a roaming service provider, wherein a subscriber associated with the roaming subscriber device is not required to have an account with the roaming service provider in order to receive the unlimited roaming service and wherein the roaming subscriber device is associated with the roaming service provider as a home subscriber device on the roaming wireless network based on an authorization generated by the home wireless service provider, wherein the authorization generated by the home wireless service provider is based on a determination of one or more subscriber-level values associated with the subscriber.
24. The method of claim 23, wherein the authorization generated by the home wireless service provider is based on a determination whether a home market of the subscriber corresponds with the roaming partner switch.
25. The method of claim 23, wherein the one or more subscriber-level values include at least one of the subscriber’s a service plan of the subscriber or a billing plan of the subscriber.
26. The method of claim 23, further comprising:
receiving, from the roaming partner switch, a call request associated with the roaming subscriber device; and
suspending billing associated with the call request.
27. The method of claim 23, further comprising:
receiving, from the roaming partner switch, a call request associated with the roaming subscriber device; and
causing routing of the call request to a substitute number.
28. The method of claim 23, further comprising:
receiving from the roaming partner switch a call request associated with the roaming subscriber device; and
authorizing the call request based on verification of an account of the subscriber.
29. The method of claim 28, wherein authorizing the call request comprises applying charges to the account of the subscriber if the account is not verified.
30. The method of claim 28, wherein authorizing the call request comprises cutting off the call request if the account of the subscriber is not verified.
The claims below are in addition to those above.
All refrences to claim(s) which appear below refer to the numbering after this setence.
1. A method for extending computerized applications, comprising:
receiving data concerning a computerized extension required by a computerized application;
detecting an event received from an external entity;
selecting a computerized extension to be executed according to the detected event from the external entity and the received data concerning a computerized extension; and
executing the selected computerized extension.
2. The method of claim 1, wherein the computerized extension is executed after a computerized process used by the computerized application that requires the computerized extension is terminated.
3. The method of claim 1, wherein the computerized extension is executed before operation of a computerized process used by the computerized application that requires the extension.
4. The method of claim 1, wherein the computerized extension is executed during operation of a computerized process used by the computerized application that requires the extension.
5. The method of claim 1, wherein the computerized extension and the computerized application are formulated as business process models to overcome technical gaps between the computerized application and the computerized extension.
6. The method of claim 1, wherein the external entity is a business application.
7. The method of claim 1, further comprises a step of sending a request for the computerized extension to the external entity according to the received data concerning a computerized extension.
8. The method of claim 1, further comprises a step of receiving technical metadata concerning execution of the computerized extension, and applying said technical metadata in overcoming a technological gap between the computerized application and the computerized extension.
9. The method of claim 1, wherein the event is an extension point in the computerized application.
10. The method of claim 7, further comprises a step of receiving more than one potential computerized extensions and further comprises a step of matching the computerized extension to the event.
11. A system for enabling computerized extensions, comprising
a first receiving module for receiving data concerning a computerized extension required by a computerized application;
a first receiving module detecting an event that triggers the computerized extension;
a selection unit for selecting a computerized extension to be executed according to the detected event and the received data concerning a computerized extension; and
a running unit for executing the selected computerized extension.
12. A computer readable storage medium containing a set of instructions for a general purpose computer, the set of instructions comprising:
receiving data concerning a computerized extension required by a computerized application;
detecting an event received from an external entity;
selecting a computerized extension to be executed according to the detected event from the external entity and the received data concerning a computerized extension; and
executing the selected computerized extension.