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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 29, 2013
Filed:
Sep. 15, 2010
Mark Austin, Roswell, GA (US);
Kurt Huber, Kennesaw, GA (US);
Sheldon Meredith, Roswell, GA (US);
Michael A. Salmon, Longanville, GA (US);
Rick Tipton, Corryton, TN (US);
Mark Austin, Roswell, GA (US);
Kurt Huber, Kennesaw, GA (US);
Sheldon Meredith, Roswell, GA (US);
Michael A. Salmon, Longanville, GA (US);
Rick Tipton, Corryton, TN (US);
AT&T Mobility II LLC, Atlanta, GA (US);
Abstract
Devices, systems, and methods are disclosed to offload the usage of a cellular network by intelligent selection of broadband network connections such as Wi-Fi access points. A Wi-Fi transceiver on a mobile device is activated when certain conditions are met, such as a time, location, recognition of a radiofrequency (RF) environment, etc. The conditions are correlated with a database of known locations in which a one or more Wi-Fi access points are determined to exist. The Wi-Fi transceiver on the mobile device is activated and commanded to connect to a particular Wi-Fi access point. Dynamic intelligence ensures that the appropriate connection method is used, and minimizes handovers to networks or access points that are unreliable or that are predicted to become inaccessible to the mobile device.