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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:
Jun. 04, 2002

Filed:

Jun. 21, 1999
Applicant:
Inventors:

Frank Lillie, München, DE;

Ulrich Bötzel, Kaarst, DE;

Bertram Gunzelmann, Augsburg, DE;

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04Q 7/20 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04Q 7/20 ;
Abstract

A method and an apparatus for saving current in mobile multi-mode communication terminals, in which the frequency of searching (scanning) for available communication networks is varied as a function of information about the local availability of the communication networks.


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