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Patent No.:

US 10477462 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Nov. 12, 2019

Filed:

Aug. 08, 2016

Method and mobile transceiver having advanced network selection

Applicant:

Blackberry Limited, Waterloo, CA;

Inventors:

Jose Eduardo Korneluk, Lake Worth, FL (US);

Sergio Javier Berriz, Miami, FL (US);

Assignee:

BlackBerry Limited, Waterloo, CA;

Attorney:

Ridout and Maybee LLP

Primary Examiner:

Margaret G Mastrodonato

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 48/16 (2009.01); H04W 4/029 (2018.01); H04W 4/02 (2018.01); H04W 48/18 (2009.01); H04W 52/02 (2009.01); H04W 64/00 (2009.01); G01S 19/14 (2010.01); G01S 19/34 (2010.01); G01S 5/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 48/16 (2013.01); G01S 5/0027 (2013.01); G01S 19/14 (2013.01); G01S 19/34 (2013.01); H04W 4/02 (2013.01); H04W 4/029 (2018.02); H04W 48/18 (2013.01); H04W 52/0225 (2013.01); H04W 64/00 (2013.01); Y02D 70/00 (2018.01); Y02D 70/10 (2018.01); Y02D 70/1224 (2018.01); Y02D 70/1242 (2018.01); Y02D 70/1244 (2018.01); Y02D 70/1262 (2018.01); Y02D 70/1264 (2018.01); Y02D 70/14 (2018.01); Y02D 70/142 (2018.01); Y02D 70/144 (2018.01); Y02D 70/162 (2018.01); Y02D 70/164 (2018.01); Y02D 70/166 (2018.01);
Abstract

A method and mobile transceiver having advanced network selection are provided. In accordance with one embodiment, there is provided a method of operating a mobile transceiver, comprising: waking up a processor and a satellite receiver from a low power mode in response to a wakeup event; determining a location of the mobile transceiver using the satellite receiver; determining whether the determined location corresponds to a waypoint in a travel itinerary, wherein the travel itinerary defines a number of waypoints including an origin endpoint and a destination endpoint; when the determined location corresponds to a waypoint in the travel itinerary, activating a predetermined wireless transceiver from a plurality of wireless transceivers, searching for wireless service using the predetermined wireless transceiver, and sending an asset tracking log to an asset tracking service when wireless service is available.

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