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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:
Dec. 06, 2016

Filed:

Oct. 19, 2015
Applicant:

At&t Mobility Ii Llc, Atlanta, GA (US);

Inventors:

Ann C. Guilford, Redmond, WA (US);

Mike Verstegan, Redmond, WA (US);

Hong Zhao, Redmond, WA (US);

Assignee:

AT&T Mobility II LLC, Atlanta, GA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 4/00 (2009.01); H04W 36/00 (2009.01); H04W 48/18 (2009.01); H04W 28/08 (2009.01); H04W 28/24 (2009.01); H04W 28/02 (2009.01); H04M 15/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 48/18 (2013.01); H04M 15/8038 (2013.01); H04W 28/0247 (2013.01); H04W 28/08 (2013.01); H04W 28/24 (2013.01); H04M 2215/34 (2013.01);
Abstract

A system and method for selecting a wireless network is disclosed. The method relates to selecting a wireless network from plurality of wireless networks. A variation of the invention includes selecting a new platform from a plurality of platforms offered by the current service provider according to a service request from the wireless device. The method comprises determining a requested service associated with the wireless device, determining whether one of the plurality of wireless networks can provide the requested service, and, if one of the plurality of wireless networks can provide the requested service, choosing the one wireless network of the plurality of wireless networks. The method further involves using a variety of parameters in determining which wireless network to choose for servicing the requested service from the wireless device.


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