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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 16, 2016
Filed:
Nov. 13, 2006
Applicants:
Wen Zhao, Cupertino, CA (US);
Isabel Mahe, Los Altos, CA (US);
Inventors:
Wen Zhao, Cupertino, CA (US);
Isabel Mahe, Los Altos, CA (US);
Assignee:
QUALCOMM Incorporated, San Diego, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 52/02 (2009.01); H04B 15/02 (2006.01); H04W 88/06 (2009.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 52/0274 (2013.01); H04B 15/02 (2013.01); H04W 52/0229 (2013.01); H04B 2215/068 (2013.01); H04M 2250/06 (2013.01); H04W 88/06 (2013.01); Y02B 60/50 (2013.01);
Abstract
Various embodiments for reducing power consumption and radio frequency (RF) interference in a mobile computing device are described. In one or more embodiments, the mobile computing device may support cellular voice communication, wireless wide area network (WWAN) data communication, and wireless local area network (WLAN) data communication. The mobile computing device may be arranged to disable WWAN data communication whenever an available WLAN is detected to reduce RF interference and/or power consumption. Other embodiments are described and claimed.