Patent ID: 7593727

Claim:
A method for best service rescan scheduling on a mobile device communicating on a CDMA 1x wireless network connection and an EVDO wireless network connection, the devise having a preferred roaming list and a best service rescan function for triggering a rescan to acquire a preferred network if the device is not connected to the preferred network in said preferred roaming list, the method comprising: determining if the device is connected to the preferred network; determining if the EVDO wireless network connection is in a traffic state; if the EVDO wireless network connection is not in the traffic state and the device is not connected to the preferred network, dropping the CDMA 1x wireless network connection and EVDO wireless network connections by the device for acquiring a preferred network during a rescan; and if the EVDO wireless network connection is in the traffic state and the device is not connected to the preferred network, delaying the best service rescan on the mobile device while the EVDO connection is determined to be in the traffic state, said delaying configured to prevent dropping of the EVDO wireless network connection by the device as a result of the best service rescan.