Patent ID: 9307517
Filing Date: 2016-04-05
CPC Classification: H04W

Claim Text:
1. A method, comprising: identifying, by a user device comprising one or more computer processors, a location of the user device; transmitting, by the user device and via a mobile communications network, the location of the user device; receiving, by the user device and responsive to the location of the user device, one or more WiFi association information corresponding to a WiFi access point available at the location of the user device; connecting, by the user device and based at least in part on the WiFi association information, to the WiFi access point; identifying, by the user device, an application being executed by the one or more computer processors; transferring, by the user device, the application from using communications bandwidth from the mobile communications network to using communications bandwidth from a wireless network associated with the WiFi access point; determine a received signal strength indication (RSSI) using a signal received; determine that the RSSI is below a threshold level; and provide communications bandwidth to the application from the mobile communications network.