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Date of Patent:
Oct. 08, 2013

Filed:

Jan. 11, 2012
Applicants:

Stuart Ian Geary, Fleet, GB;

Nguyen Quan Tat, Reading, GB;

Andrew Bishop, Guildford, GB;

Graham Alexander Charles, Fleet, GB;

Sami Jutila, Oulu, FI;

Jari Juhani Ruohonen, Tampere, FI;

Inventors:

Stuart Ian Geary, Fleet, GB;

Nguyen Quan Tat, Reading, GB;

Andrew Bishop, Guildford, GB;

Graham Alexander Charles, Fleet, GB;

Sami Jutila, Oulu, FI;

Jari Juhani Ruohonen, Tampere, FI;

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04B 1/16 (2006.01); H04B 1/38 (2006.01); H04M 1/00 (2006.01); H04W 4/00 (2009.01); G08C 17/00 (2006.01); H04L 12/66 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

A wireless device has two or more radio systems and SIM channels. At least a part of the first radio system can be shut down to reduce the power consumed by the device. This occurs if the first radio system is unable to obtain suitable service for the first SIM channel and the second radio system is at least one of (i) providing at least some service on the second SIM channel for the device, and (ii) capable of searching for service for the first radio system.


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