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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:

Jan. 14, 2013
Applicant:

T-mobile Usa, Inc., Bellevue, WA (US);

Inventors:

Nayla Hamade, Bellevue, WA (US);

Omar Hassan, Kirkland, WA (US);

Gunjan Nimbavikar, Bellevue, WA (US);

Assignee:

T-Mobile USA, Inc., Bellevue, WA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 36/36 (2009.01); H04W 36/14 (2009.01); H04W 52/02 (2009.01); H04W 88/08 (2009.01); H04W 36/00 (2009.01); H04W 48/18 (2009.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 88/08 (2013.01); H04W 36/0022 (2013.01); H04W 36/14 (2013.01); H04W 48/18 (2013.01); H04W 52/028 (2013.01);
Abstract

The described implementations provide devices, systems, and methods that offload the usage of a cellular network using dynamic selection of broadband network connections such as wireless LAN (Wi-Fi) access points. A Wi-Fi transceiver on a mobile device may be activated when certain conditions (e.g., trigger events) are met. These conditions may include when, for instance, a cellular signal is dropped to 2G, weak or no cellular coverage is detected, a data use limit has been reached, an associated device is in domestic or international roaming or a particular location, and/or an associated device is in a saved private network area.


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