Patent ID: 9736748
Date: 2017-08-15
CPC Classifications: H04B,H04W

Claim:
1. A method for switching a mobile device from a first network to a second network, the method comprising: communicating with the mobile device via the first network; detecting the second network, wherein the first network is a cellular telephone network and the second network is a WiFi network; applying a hand-off policy filter to the second network; determining, based on application of the hand-off policy filter, that the mobile device should connect to the second network, wherein the hand-off policy filter includes a hand-off grade for the second network, wherein the hand-off grade is alternately unstable, short lived session expected and stable, wherein the hand-off grade is based on information received from an access point and calculations on the information indicating signal strength of the access point and distance between the access point and the mobile device, wherein the hand-off grade is a function of connecting, based upon the hand-off grade, the mobile device to the second network.