Patent ID: 8005058

Claim:
A method for switching operations in a device from a first network to a second network, the method comprising: providing operation for communications in the first network with use of a first transceiver portion operative for communications in the first network, while a second transceiver portion operative for communications in the second network is disabled, wherein during operations in the first network: storing, in memory, visited cell site history information, wherein the visited cell site history information including at least a cell site count of visited cell sites of the first network that served the device over a time period of operation of the device; determining that the device is not permitted to operate for communications in the second network and maintaining the second transceiver portion as disabled based on identifying that the cell site count is greater than a cell site threshold count; and determining that the device is permitted to operate for communications in the second network and enabling the second transceiver portion for communications based on identifying that the cell site count is less than the cell site threshold count.