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Date of Patent:
Aug. 04, 2015

Filed:

Feb. 09, 2012
Applicants:

J. Alfredo Ruvalcaba, San Diego, CA (US);

Shriram Ganesh, San Diego, CA (US);

Damir Didjusto, San Diego, CA (US);

Inventors:

J. Alfredo Ruvalcaba, San Diego, CA (US);

Shriram Ganesh, San Diego, CA (US);

Damir Didjusto, San Diego, CA (US);

Assignee:

QUALCOMM Incorporated, San Diego, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 52/02 (2009.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 52/0241 (2013.01); Y02B 60/50 (2013.01);
Abstract

A method is disclosed for saving power in a user equipment (UE), which includes discovering at least one available access technology radio access network (RAN) having at least one access technology type, switching off power to a removable Universal Integrated Circuit Card (UICC) having subscription information for a second technology type different from a first technology type when a first technology type RAN is the only access technology RAN available, and establishing access to first technology type RAN user subscription information in a nonvolatile memory (NV) on the UE when a first technology type RAN is the only access technology RAN available.


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