Patent ID: 8270967
Filing Date: 2012-09-18
Classification: H04W

Abstract:
1. A method comprising: a mobile station maintaining a most-recently-used (MRU) table populated with data identifying one or more networks to which the mobile station was most recently connected, wherein the mobile station is arranged to conduct system acquisition by referencing the MRU table prior to referencing a preferred roaming list (PRL); the mobile station receiving an MRU-override instruction from a wireless network; the mobile station modifying its MRU table according to the MRU-override instruction, producing a modified MRU table, wherein the mobile station conditions modifying its MRU table according to the MRU-override instruction on one or more criteria being met, wherein the one or more criteria comprise one or the other of (i) a location of the mobile station being less than a particular distance from a location of a given landmark and (ii) the location of the mobile station being more than a particular distance from a location of a given landmark; and the mobile station conducting at least one subsequent system acquisition with reference to the modified MRU table.