Patent ID: 8116777
Filing Date: 2012-02-14
Classification: H04W

Abstract:
1. A method for determining a change of location for a user of a mobile terminal, comprising: storing user service availability information comprised of service quality information, service capability information and service location information in a directory connected to the mobile terminal; exchanging or synchronizing service availability information with corresponding directories of other mobile terminals adjacent to the mobile terminal; checking the directory connected to the mobile terminal to determine whether a characteristics of a network available at a first location is sufficient to perform a data transfer under a requirement of the data transfer, wherein a requirement regarding transmission capacity is determined by the mobile terminal on the basis of a first criteria selected from the group consisting of a protocol used, a number of bytes exchanged, information derived from the protocol, an exchanged message, and combinations thereof; requesting a current position of the mobile terminal; determining if a change of location is desired, wherein in response to desiring the location change: initiating a handover into a mobile radio network with the desired characteristic available at the first favorable location when necessary; executing the data transfer; and informing the user about status of the data transfer, the status selected from the group consisting of beginning of the data transfer, progress of the data transfer, end of the data transfer, and combinations thereof.