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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 30, 2014
Filed:
Apr. 20, 2012
Nicholas Alfano, Stratford-Upon-Avon, GB;
Vytautas Kezys, Ancaster, CA;
Yiu Lam, Waterloo, CA;
Richard George, Waterloo, CA;
Brian Oliver, Fergus, CA;
Mark Pletsch, Toronto, CA;
Balaji Gopalan, Guelph, CA;
Paul Carpenter, Twickenham, GB;
Nicholas Alfano, Stratford-Upon-Avon, GB;
Vytautas Kezys, Ancaster, CA;
Yiu Lam, Waterloo, CA;
Richard George, Waterloo, CA;
Brian Oliver, Fergus, CA;
Mark Pletsch, Toronto, CA;
Balaji Gopalan, Guelph, CA;
Paul Carpenter, Twickenham, GB;
BlackBerry Limited, Waterloo, CA;
Abstract
A method for modulating scanning behavior of a wireless user equipment (UE) device includes determining a geographic area location where the wireless UE device is located and responsive to determining that a radio access technology (RAT) previously available in the geographic area location is not currently available, modifying the frequency of searches for the radio access technology. A corresponding wireless user device is also shown.