Patent ID: 7536451

Claim:
A method for increasing standby time of a mobile terminal that performs voice and/or data communication by switching between at least two networks using different protocols, said method comprising the steps of: receiving information for identifying the existence of a second network from a first network by using an indicator, the indicator indicating that the second network overlaps the first network; identifying the existence of the second network by information received from the first network; referring an access history of a user to the second network if the second network exists; converting a mode of the mobile terminal to a first network exclusive mode if there is no access history to the second network; converting the mode of the mobile terminal to the first network exclusive mode if the second network does not exist; and converting the mode of the mobile terminal to a hybrid switching mode if the access history of the second network exists, wherein the mobile terminal connected to the second network periodically monitors the first network in the hybrid switching mode, wherein the first network exclusive mode is a mode of the mobile terminal wherein the voice and/or data communication which should be performed through the second network is performed through the first network, and wherein the first network and the second network can coexist complementary to each other.