Apple Inc.

Nishit S Sheth

Srinivasan Nimmala

Vijay Venkataraman

Sethuraman Gurumoorthy

Longda Xing

Srirang Ashok Lovlekar

Murtaza A Shikari

Alosious Pradeep Prabhakar

Ajoy K Singh

Vijay Gadde

Sharad Garg

Tarakkumar G Dhanani

Rohit Thareja

A device, system and method for a user equipment (UE) to opportunistically utilize the wireless capabilities of a paired device. The UE is configured to establish a first cellular network connection based on a first subscription, a second cellular network connection based on a second subscription and a connection to a further UE based on a short-range communication protocol. The UE identifies a predetermined condition and transmits an indication to the further UE based on the predetermined condition. The further UE establishes a further cellular network connection in response to the indication and the further cellular network connection is based on one of the first subscription or the second subscription. The UE then declares no service for one of the first cellular network connection or the second cellular network connection based on the further cellular network connection.

Opportunistic use of the cellular capabilities of a paired device

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Dublin, CA, United States of America

Nishit S Sheth