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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 29, 2013
Filed:
Jul. 27, 2010
Miranda Bing Ying Lim, Nepean, CA;
Miranda Bing Ying Lim, Nepean, CA;
BlackBerry Limited, Waterloo, CA;
Abstract
Aspects relate to determining whether a constraint or other condition on a mobile device may be alleviated or better satisfied by switching from one communication network to another for a call (or setting up a call on one network in preference to another). A mobile device is operable to conduct a communication session over at least two different communication media, which have different power consumption characteristics. Where a remaining battery power level is constrained, a determination can be made whether using one network over another saves more than a threshold amount of power over another network. Estimates of battery life for each network can be made based on predictions of a length of the communication session, and a power factor calculated for the network.