Patent ID: 8503430

Claim:
An apparatus comprising: a processor configured to: operate in a first mode and monitor only a first radio network for pages from a first data network in response to determining that all services from a second data network of interest to the apparatus are obtainable via the first radio network, operate in a second mode and monitor both the first radio network and a second radio network for pages from the first data network and the second data network, respectively, in response to determining that at least one of the services from the second data network of interest to the apparatus is not obtainable via the first radio network, detect that the apparatus is near an edge of a coverage area associated with the first radio network while operating in the first mode, transition from the first mode to the second mode and start to monitor both the first radio network and the second radio network in response to detecting that the apparatus is near the edge of the coverage area associated with the first radio network, and continue to monitor both the first radio network and the second radio network after acquiring the second radio network while the apparatus is near the edge of the coverage area associated with the first radio network; and a memory coupled to the processor.