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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:
Jul. 12, 2011
Filed:
Jun. 18, 2010
Applicants:
Hossain Asif, Ottawa, CA;
David MA, Ottawa, CA;
Inventors:
Hossain Asif, Ottawa, CA;
David Ma, Ottawa, CA;
Assignee:
Research In Motion Limited, Waterloo, Ontario, CA;
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04Q 7/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
Method and apparatus for data access for a mobile terminal comprising a module for determining whether first and second modes of wireless network coverage is available, a module for selecting the first mode if available, a module for attempting access via the second mode on failure to establish access via the first mode and a module for monitoring availability of the first mode. Even when a connection is established via the second mode, availability of the first mode is monitored and access attempted, when second mode connection is idle.