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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. 23, 2012
Filed:
May. 19, 2010
Applicants:
Steven Michael Hanov, Waterloo, CA;
Matthias Wandel, Waterloo, CA;
Inventors:
Steven Michael Hanov, Waterloo, CA;
Matthias Wandel, Waterloo, CA;
Assignee:
Research In Motion Limited, Waterloo, ON, unknown;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 36/00 (2009.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A method and apparatus for reducing data congestion in a cell having signal strength, the method having the steps of: assigning a congestion penalty at a mobile device to a cell; applying the congestion penalty to the signal strength to create a selection value; and performing cell reselection using the selection value.