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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:
Dec. 26, 2023

Filed:

Jun. 17, 2021
Applicant:

Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);

Inventors:

Xiangpeng Jing, Palo Alto, CA (US);

Sivaramachandran Ganesan, San Jose, CA (US);

Karthik Anantharaman, Cupertino, CA (US);

Lester K. Chan, Cupertino, CA (US);

Qi He, San Jose, CA (US);

Assignee:

Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 48/18 (2009.01); H04W 48/16 (2009.01); H04W 4/02 (2018.01); H04W 8/18 (2009.01); H04W 8/02 (2009.01); H04W 72/56 (2023.01); H04W 84/04 (2009.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 48/18 (2013.01); H04W 4/025 (2013.01); H04W 8/02 (2013.01); H04W 8/183 (2013.01); H04W 48/16 (2013.01); H04W 72/56 (2023.01); H04W 84/042 (2013.01);
Abstract

A user equipment (UE) is configured to prioritize a plurality of Public Land Mobile Networks (PLMNs) from an aggregate roaming priority public land mobile network (RPPLMN) list containing the plurality of PLMNs into a plurality of prioritized PLMNs and connect to a selected PLMN from the plurality of prioritized PLMNs based on a priority of the selected PLMN. The UE is further configured to determine if an application processor (AP) assisted location service is available, wherein the AP-assisted service is configured to identify a plurality of deployed PLMNs and a plurality of frequencies used by the plurality of deployed PLMNs at a current geographical location of the UE and when the AP) assisted location service is available, determining if a registered PLMN (RPLMN) is valid in a current mobile country code (MCC).


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