Patent ID: 8433316

Claim:
An apparatus, comprising: a processor configured to: operate in a first state; receive a request to search for wireless networks while operating in the first state; determine whether to perform a search for wireless networks in the first state but not a second state, in the second state but not the first state, or in both the first state and the second state; transition from the first state to the second state; and perform the search for wireless networks in at least one of the first state and or the second state based on the determination, wherein the processor performs the search in the first state if the first state is an idle state that comprises one or more of a CELL_PCH state, a URA_PCH state, or an Idle mode in Universal Mobile Telecommunication System (UMTS) and continues the search in the second state if the second state is another idle state that comprises one or more of the CELL PCH state, the URA PCH state, or the Idle mode in UMTS; and a memory coupled to the processor.