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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 28, 2018
Filed:
Dec. 27, 2010
Sagiv Draznin, Walnut Creek, CA (US);
Patricia Ruey-jane Chang, San Ramon, CA (US);
Vikram K. Rawat, San Ramon, CA (US);
Lalit R. Kotecha, San Ramon, CA (US);
Sagiv Draznin, Walnut Creek, CA (US);
Patricia Ruey-Jane Chang, San Ramon, CA (US);
Vikram K. Rawat, San Ramon, CA (US);
Lalit R. Kotecha, San Ramon, CA (US);
Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc., Basking Ridge, NJ (US);
Cellco Partnership, Basking Ridge, NJ (US);
Abstract
A system is configured to store user preferences relating to selection of a network, from a group of networks, via which to establish a connection, where the user preferences includes information for selecting the network based on rates and information for selecting the network based on signal strength or quality levels; receive, from a server device that communicates with the group of networks, a set of rates associated with use of the group of networks; detect signals transmitted by the group of networks; determine, for the group of networks, signal strength or quality levels associated with the signals transmitted by the group of networks; select a particular network, of the group of networks, based on the user preferences, the set of rates, and the signal strength or quality levels; and establish a connection via the particular network.