Patent ID: 9204380
Filing Date: 2015-12-01
Classification: H04W

Abstract:
1. A method for use with a wireless device to optimize access to wireless signaling available from cellular and wireless networks, the method comprising: identifying a traveling speed of the wireless device; implementing a mobility mode in the event the traveling speed is greater than a speed threshold, the mobility mode instructing the wireless device to prioritize access to cellular networks over access to wireless networks when at least one cellular network and at least one wireless network are simultaneously operable to facilitate wireless signaling with the wireless device; implementing a portability mode in the event the traveling speed is less than the speed threshold, the portability mode instructing the wireless device to prioritize access to wireless networks over access to cellular networks when at least one cellular network and at least one wireless network are simultaneously operable to facilitate wireless signaling with the wireless device; identifying a geographical location of the wireless device; instructing the wireless device to prioritize access to a first type of cellular network over a second type of cellular network in the event the geographical location is a first location and both of the first and second types of cellular networks are operable to facilitate wireless signaling with the wireless device; and instructing the wireless device to prioritize access to the second type of cellular network over a third type of cellular network in the event the geographical location is a second location and both of the second and third types of cellular networks are operable to facilitate wireless signaling with the wireless device.