Patent ID: 9585082
Date: 2017-02-28
CPC Classifications: H04W

Claim:
1. A mobile user terminal enabling data communication through a wireless LAN and through connection to a base station, comprising: a location information storing unit that stores a table, the table storing location information about a plurality of locations where the mobile user terminal can connect to the wireless LAN and a plurality of IDs to connect the wireless LAN, and each of the plurality of IDs being associated with a corresponding one of the plurality of locations; a location information detection unit that detects present location information of the mobile user terminal; a wireless LAN area judgment unit that judges whether or not the detected location information is stored in the table; and a wireless LAN connection unit that performs data communication through the wireless LAN in priority over the base station by selecting an ID associated with the location corresponding to the detected location information from among the plurality of IDs if judging that the detected location information is stored in the table.