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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:
Jun. 18, 2019

Filed:

May. 03, 2016
Applicant:

General Motors Llc, Detroit, MI (US);

Inventor:

Bonnie Chen, Grapevine, TX (US);

Assignee:

General Motors LLC, Detroit, MI (US);

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 16/14 (2009.01); H04L 29/08 (2006.01); H04W 48/18 (2009.01); H04W 76/10 (2018.01); H04W 84/04 (2009.01); H04W 84/12 (2009.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 16/14 (2013.01); H04L 67/12 (2013.01); H04L 67/327 (2013.01); H04W 48/18 (2013.01); H04W 76/10 (2018.02); H04W 84/042 (2013.01); H04W 84/12 (2013.01);
Abstract

A system and method of identifying licensed and unlicensed communications over a cellular protocol includes: wirelessly transmitting a communication session request from a wireless device to a wireless carrier system using the LTE cellular protocol; receiving a response at the wireless device from the wireless carrier system indicating that the wireless carrier system is providing a communication session using a licensed communications frequency band or an unlicensed communications frequency band; and establishing communications from the wireless device via the wireless carrier system based on whether the wireless carrier system is providing cellular communications via the licensed communications frequency band or the unlicensed communications frequency band.


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