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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. 04, 2023

Filed:

Oct. 15, 2020
Applicant:

Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);

Inventors:

Ajoy K. Singh, Milpitas, CA (US);

Sai Sravan Bharadwaj Karri, Morgan Hill, CA (US);

Anand C. Monteiro, San Jose, CA (US);

Debarshi Kar, Sunnyvale, CA (US);

Sree Ram Kodali, San Jose, CA (US);

Pradeep S. Sharma, Cupertino, CA (US);

Yathish Hanumapuradoddi Shivanna, Milpitas, CA (US);

Assignee:

Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 4/40 (2018.01); H04W 4/44 (2018.01); H04W 4/48 (2018.01); H04W 4/60 (2018.01); H04W 8/18 (2009.01); H04W 8/20 (2009.01); H04W 24/08 (2009.01); H04W 24/10 (2009.01); H04W 36/00 (2009.01); H04W 36/14 (2009.01); H04W 76/10 (2018.01); H04W 76/15 (2018.01); H04W 84/00 (2009.01); H04W 84/02 (2009.01); H04W 88/06 (2009.01); H04W 88/10 (2009.01); H04W 92/02 (2009.01); H04W 92/10 (2009.01); H04W 92/20 (2009.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 4/44 (2018.02); H04W 4/40 (2018.02); H04W 4/48 (2018.02); H04W 4/60 (2018.02); H04W 8/183 (2013.01); H04W 8/20 (2013.01); H04W 24/08 (2013.01); H04W 24/10 (2013.01); H04W 36/03 (2018.08); H04W 36/14 (2013.01); H04W 76/10 (2018.02); H04W 76/15 (2018.02); H04W 84/005 (2013.01); H04W 84/02 (2013.01); H04W 88/06 (2013.01); H04W 88/10 (2013.01); H04W 92/02 (2013.01); H04W 92/10 (2013.01); H04W 92/20 (2013.01);
Abstract

A connected car and an onboard user equipment (UE) may establish independent cellular connections and may also establish a connection between each other. The UE establishes a first cellular link between the UE and a first network, establishes a connection with a connected car, wherein the connected car has a second cellular link between the connected car and a second network, evaluates one or more conditions and declares one of the first cellular link or the connection with the connected car a primary network interface for the UE based on, at least, the one or more conditions.


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