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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 13, 2017
Filed:
Jun. 29, 2015
Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc., Arlington, VA (US);
VERIZON PATENT AND LICENSING INC., Basking Ridge, NJ (US);
Abstract
A method, in a multiple modem device that includes a notification modem and a Wi-Fi modem, includes identifying data to be collected and rules for selecting an optimal modem for data transmission from the multiple modem device. The method also includes collecting the data, and determining whether the data is to be sent via the notification modem based on a payload size associated with the data and the rules. The method includes sending the data via a control channel of a cellular network associated with the notification modem in response to a determination that the data to be sent via the notification modem. A determination whether a Wi-Fi network is available is made in response to a determination that the data is not to be sent via the notification modem. The data is sent via the Wi-Fi modem over the Wi-Fi network.