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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.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 04, 2017
Filed:
Mar. 03, 2015
Applicant:
Novatel Wireless, Inc., San Diego, CA (US);
Inventors:
Assignee:
Novatel Wireless, Inc., San Diego, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04M 3/00 (2006.01); H04W 36/32 (2009.01); H04W 36/14 (2009.01); H04W 36/18 (2009.01); H04W 48/16 (2009.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 36/32 (2013.01); H04W 36/14 (2013.01); H04W 36/18 (2013.01); H04W 48/16 (2013.01);
Abstract
Systems and methods are provided for performing efficient vertical handoffs in a wireless user device are provided. The user device can comprise a mobile phone, computer table, handheld computer, or other computer system capable of connecting to more than one mobile wireless network that use different wireless communication protocols. Various efficient scanning methods are disclosed that are efficient in terms of battery usage, thermal performance, processing power, throughput performance, or a combination thereof.