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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 31, 2011
Filed:
Mar. 02, 2006
Nicholas Alfano, Stratford-Upon-Avon, GB;
Vytautas Kezys, Hamilton, CA;
Yiu Lam, Waterloo, CA;
Richard George, Waterloo, CA;
Brian Oliver, Fergus, CA;
Mark Pletsch, Toronto, CA;
Balaji Gopalan, Guelph, CA;
Paul Carpenter, St. Margarets, GB;
Nicholas Alfano, Stratford-Upon-Avon, GB;
Vytautas Kezys, Hamilton, CA;
Yiu Lam, Waterloo, CA;
Richard George, Waterloo, CA;
Brian Oliver, Fergus, CA;
Mark Pletsch, Toronto, CA;
Balaji Gopalan, Guelph, CA;
Paul Carpenter, St. Margarets, GB;
Research In Motion Limited, Waterloo, CA;
Abstract
A cross-technology coverage mapping system and method for modulating scanning behavior of a wireless user equipment (UE) device in a radio network environment. In one exemplary embodiment, the wireless UE device is operable to determine its geographic area location. A logic module of the wireless UE device is adapted for interrogating a database to determine which radio access technologies (RATs) have coverage in the geographic area location. Responsive to the interrogation, scanning by the wireless UE device is restricted to only those RATs that have coverage in the particular geographic area.