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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.

Date of Patent:
Jun. 02, 2015

Filed:

Dec. 20, 2013
Applicant:

Qualcomm Incorporated, San Diego, CA (US);

Inventors:
Assignee:

QUALCOMM Incorporated, San Diego, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 48/16 (2009.01); H04W 76/02 (2009.01); H04W 84/04 (2009.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 48/16 (2013.01); H04W 76/028 (2013.01); H04W 84/042 (2013.01);
Abstract

A method for performing manual public land mobile network (PLMN) search includes: receiving a command to perform manual PLMN search on an inactive subscription associated with a first subscriber identity module (SIM) of a communication device; determining if a data connection is enabled on an active subscription associated with a second SIM of the communication device; and if the data connection is not enabled on the active subscription, performing the manual PLMN search on the inactive subscription by tuning away from the active subscription to identify available operators associated with the first SIM.


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