Patent ID: 8538421
Filing Date: 2013-09-17
Classification: H04L,H04W

Abstract:
1. A method comprising: in response to receiving indication data via a reserved bit in a frame of a control channel, updating, by a system comprising a processor, subscriber profile data representing a subscriber profile that assigns a set of radio network technology preference settings to a set of respective applications executable by a multi-technology mobile device, wherein the subscriber profile data is selected based on classification data associated with a set of access point devices with which the multi-technology mobile device is determined to communicate and wherein the indication data represents a change in the classification data; and facilitating, by the system, a transmission of the subscriber profile data to the multi-technology mobile device, wherein the subscriber profile data comprises information enabling the multi-technology mobile device to select a radio network technology that is to be employed for a communication associated with an application of the set of respective applications.