Patent ID: 8958823
Filing Date: 2015-02-17
Classification: H04W

Abstract:
1. A method implemented by a mobile device, the method comprising: storing, by the mobile device, network interface settings associated with particular geographic locations, wherein each of the network interface settings includes particular combinations of enabled and disabled wireless network interfaces associated with particular geographic locations; identifying, by the mobile device, a current geographic location of the mobile device; applying, by the mobile device, one of the particular combinations from the network interface settings when the current location matches one of the particular geographic locations; monitoring, by the mobile device, a signal strength of a wireless network associated with an enabled interface of the one of the particular combinations; detecting, based on the monitoring, a reduction of signal strength for the wireless network; initiating, by the mobile device and based on the detecting, a location request to retrieve an updated geographic location of the mobile device; and applying, by the mobile device, a different one of the particular combinations from the network interface settings when a change in geographic location of the mobile device is detected.