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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:
Apr. 28, 2026

Filed:

Mar. 07, 2023
Applicant:

At&t Intellectual Property I, L.p., Atlanta, GA (US);

Inventors:

Catherine Kalke, Seattle, WA (US);

Yupeng Jia, Pasadena, CA (US);

Assignee:
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 76/10 (2018.01); H04W 48/16 (2009.01); H04W 64/00 (2009.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 76/10 (2018.02); H04W 48/16 (2013.01); H04W 64/00 (2013.01);
Abstract

Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, determining, by an end user device, a destination location for the end user device; determining, by the end user device, frequency band data for the destination location according to connection data stored in a memory of the end user device; responsive to or after exiting an airplane mode of the end user device, scanning, by the end user device, bands of a cellular network providing coverage to the destination location, where the scanning is according to the frequency band data; and attaching, by the end user device, to a cell of the cellular network based on the scanning of the bands. Other embodiments are disclosed.


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