Patent ID: 9532261
Filing Date: 2016-12-27
CPC Classification: H04W

Claim Text:
1. A method of operating a wireless end-user device, comprising: receiving a prioritized network list from a remote server, the end user device being identified to receive the prioritized network list based on a characteristic associated with the end user device; identifying available wireless networks, the available wireless networks being different than a current wireless network to which the end user device is currently connected; using the prioritized network list to select one of the available wireless networks; connecting through the selected available wireless network to a network element in a second network reachable through the first wireless network; conducting an upload and/or download sequence between the wireless end-user device and the network element; characterizing the performance of the selected available wireless network based on the conducted upload and/or download sequence; and determining, based at least in part on the characterized performance, to communicate network data for the wireless end-user device through the selected available wireless network instead of the current wireless network.