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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 06, 2011
Filed:
Jun. 13, 2003
Yoshihisa Kanada, Yokohama, JP;
Yoshihisa Kanada, Yokohama, JP;
Lenovo (Singapore) Pte. Ltd., Singapore, SG;
Abstract
A system and method for wireless network connection switching management is shown. The system notifies a mobile user that his portable terminal is within an area where it can be provided with local fast wireless communication service such as a hot-spot service versus using a low speed, but wide coverage wireless access network. Radio waves for communication transmitted by a mobile wireless terminal are received at a WWAN receiving system provided in a WLAN system. The radio waves are capable of communicating with a WWAN (Wireless Wide Area Network) system utilizing a third generation mobile phone network and a WLAN (Wireless Local Area Network) system providing a hot-spot service. Instructions are output to the terminal via the Internet and a base station of the WWAN system that the mobile terminal is within an AP service area of an access point of the WLAN system. The user may choose to switch wireless network access networks in order to achieve faster access to the Internet. Additionally, the method incorporates mechanisms to achieve reduced power consumption by the mobile terminal.