Patent ID: 9288682
Filing Date: 2016-03-15
CPC Classification: H04W

Claim Text:
1. One or more computer-readable storage media storing computer-readable instructions that when executed by a processor of a computer cause the computer to perform a method, comprising: supplying, via a cellular network, a location of a mobile device to a database; obtaining, via the cellular network, from the database, a list of radio white space frequencies for the location of the mobile device; accessing a white space data store for information about use activity occurring on the radio white space frequencies; selecting an individual radio white space frequency for active scanning for a radio white space network, the selecting based on both the list from the database and the information about the use activity from the white space data store; active scanning the individual radio white space frequency to discover a wireless access point that is providing the radio white space network; sending results of the active scanning for addition to the white space data store; associating the mobile device with the discovered wireless access point to utilize the radio white space network; and, communicating data on the radio white space network over the individual radio white space frequency rather than the cellular network.