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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:
Jul. 28, 2020

Filed:

Oct. 02, 2018
Applicant:

Google Llc, Mountain View, CA (US);

Inventors:

Shivank Nayak, San Jose, CA (US);

Rukun Mao, Santa Clara, CA (US);

Qin Zhang, Mountain View, CA (US);

Siddharth Ray, Sunnyvale, CA (US);

Assignee:

Google LLC, Mountain View, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 64/00 (2009.01); H04W 36/32 (2009.01); H04L 29/06 (2006.01); H04W 4/029 (2018.01); G06F 16/487 (2019.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 64/006 (2013.01); G06F 16/487 (2019.01); H04L 69/08 (2013.01); H04W 4/029 (2018.02); H04W 36/32 (2013.01);
Abstract

Methods, systems, and devices for wirelessly scanning frequency bands based on device location and/or mobility are presented. The method can include (i) scanning, by a mobile device and according to a first wireless scanning protocol, frequencies within first frequency bands that correspond to a first geographic region and second frequency bands that correspond to a second geographic region; (ii) determining at least one of an estimated location or an estimated mobility characteristic of the mobile device; (iii) determining, based on at least one of the estimated location or the estimated mobility characteristic, to adjust a scheduled time for the mobile device to initiate scanning according to a second wireless scanning protocol; (iv) and initiating at the scheduled time, scanning according to the second wireless scanning protocol.


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