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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Aug. 28, 2018

Filed:

Dec. 27, 2010
Applicants:

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);

Inventors:

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);

Assignees:

Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc., Basking Ridge, NJ (US);

Cellco Partnership, Basking Ridge, NJ (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 15/16 (2006.01); H04W 48/18 (2009.01); H04W 8/18 (2009.01); H04W 76/10 (2018.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 48/18 (2013.01); H04W 8/18 (2013.01); H04W 76/10 (2018.02);
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.


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