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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:
Dec. 04, 2012
Filed:
Jan. 12, 2007
Applicants:
Stanley Reinhold, Allentown, PA (US);
Steven E. Strauss, Orefield, PA (US);
Inventors:
Stanley Reinhold, Allentown, PA (US);
Steven E. Strauss, Orefield, PA (US);
Assignee:
Agere Systems LLC, Wilmington, DE (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 4/00 (2009.01); H04B 7/00 (2006.01); H04M 1/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
In one embodiment, a wireless device having two or more antennas. The wireless device substantially concurrently determines (a) using a first antenna, whether a first communications service is available for data transfer, and (b) using a second antenna, whether a second communications service is available for data transfer. After determining that at least one communications service is available for data transfer, the wireless device uses both antennas to transfer data using a selected communications service.