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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.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 26, 1999
Filed:
Sep. 17, 1997
Applicant:
Inventors:
William Chien-Yeh Lee, Danville, CA (US);
F Craig Farrill, Danville, CA (US);
Assignee:
AirTouch Communications, Inc., San Francisco, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04Q / ; H04B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
455456 ; 455434 ; 4551681 ;
Abstract
A mobile radio telephone communication systems provides for rapid system access and registration of mobile phones when the mobile phone operates in an area outside of its home service area. A preferred mobile phone system for a mobile phone is identified before the mobile phone originates a call by determining a location for the mobile phone and selecting the preferred system from a database stored in the mobile phone using the determined location.