Patent ID: 8868074

Claim:
A method for automatically switching network connections, which is applied to a mobile terminal, the method comprising: utilizing one of a plurality of network connections which are available for the mobile terminal as a current network connection, and setting remaining network connections among the plurality of network connections as candidate network connections; and switching the mobile terminal to one of the candidate network connections in a priority order among the candidate network connections, when it is detected that a preset switch event occurs currently; wherein, when the plurality of network connections comprises a wire connection and a wireless Local Area Network (WLAN) connection, the priority order is that the wire connection is prior to the WLAN connection; when the plurality of network connections comprises the wire connection and a Wide Area Network (WAN) connection, the priority order is that the wire connection is prior to the WAN connection; when the plurality of network connections comprises the WLAN connection and the WAN connection, the priority order is that the WLAN connection is prior to the WAN connection; and when the plurality of network connections comprises the WAN connection and the WAN connection includes a UMTS/CDMA2000, a GPRS/CDMA, a GSM, the priority order is that the UMTS/CDMA2000 is prior to the GPRS/CDMA, and the GPRS/CDMA is prior to the GSM.