Patent ID: 8526931

Claim:
A method of operating a wireless communication system, the method comprising: exchanging first wireless communication signals with a user device over a first wireless communication network to provide a communication service, wherein the user device has a selection mode for a second wireless communication network that a user may set to one of: on, off, and automatic; wirelessly receiving a status signal from the user device over the first wireless communication network indicating if the network selection mode for the second wireless communication network is set to automatic; when the network selection mode in the user device is set to automatic, then processing location information for the user device to determine signal quality information for the second wireless communication network via measuring in the first wireless communication network a radio frequency (RF) signal quality for the second wireless communication network near to a geographic location of the user device, and determining potential service quality from the second wireless communication network for the user device based on at least the signal quality information and the geographic location of the user device; and when the potential service quality is higher than a threshold, then wirelessly transferring a control signal to the user device over the first wireless communication network, wherein the control signal drives the user device to automatically enable a wireless transceiver for the second wireless communication network; and exchanging second wireless communication signals with the user device over the second wireless communication network to provide the communication service.