Patent ID: 8902856

Claim:
A method for assisting a wireless communication device to return to a Long Term Evolution (LTE) network from a legacy network, the method comprising: participating in a Circuit Switched Fallback (CSFB) procedure to transition the wireless communication device from the LTE network to a legacy network for servicing of a voice call, wherein the legacy network has a circuit switched domain and the voice call is handled by the circuit switched domain of the legacy network; determining, by a processor, whether a data service is active on the wireless communication device after the voice call has terminated; pausing the data service for a predetermined period of time if it is determined that the data service is active; blocking the data service for the predetermined period of time if it is determined that the data service is not active; searching for the LTE network during the predetermined period of time for which the data service is paused or for which the data service is blocked; reverting to the LTE network and servicing the data service on the LTE network if the LTE network is found within the predetermined period of time; and servicing the data service on the legacy network if the LTE network is not found within the predetermined period of time.