Patent ID: 8315646
Filing Date: 2012-11-20
Classification: H04L,H04W

Abstract:
1. A method for communication with a multimode terminal operable to receive or determine position estimates for the multimode terminal and to communicate via multiple alternative communication technologies and/or operating modes, the method comprising: utilizing a user interface application whose execution in the multimode terminal generates a user interface for creating and storing one or more region definitions, wherein each region definition includes a name of the region and a list of at least one of the multiple alternative communication technologies and/or operating modes plus an activation range and a deactivation range for the at least one of the multiple alternative communication technologies and/or operating modes; determining a position of the multimode terminal; retrieving a stored region definition relating to the region closest to the position of the multimode terminal; comparing the position of the multimode terminal with the activation range and deactivation range of the retrieved region definition; activating and deactivating at least one of the multiple alternative communication technologies and/or operating modes indicated by the retrieved region definition based on the comparison; and implementing a time hysteresis, wherein said activation of at least one of the multiple alternative communication technologies and/or operating modes takes place only after the multimode terminal has been inside the activation range for a first predetermined period of time, and deactivation of at least one of the multiple alternative communication technologies and/or operating modes takes place only after the multimode terminal has been outside the deactivation range for a second predetermined period of time.