Patent ID: 8588807

Claim:
A mobile computing device, comprising: a coverage database to store coverage information for a plurality of wireless connection technologies used by the mobile computing device at one or more locations; and a connection management module to: determine a type of wireless connection to be used by the mobile computing device; determine a current location and an anticipated location of the mobile computing device; determine that the type of wireless connection to be used having sufficient quality is unavailable at the anticipated location; perform, for the current location of the device, a comparison of the coverage information associated with each of two or more wireless connection technologies capable of providing the type of wireless connection; select a current wireless connection technology by selecting a corresponding wireless transceiver based on the comparison; initiate a wireless connection using the selected wireless transceiver; and prior to arrival at the anticipated location, communicate data for an application, which otherwise would have been communicated using an anticipated wireless connection technology when the mobile computing device arrives at the anticipated location of the mobile computing device, using the current wireless connection technology at the current location of the mobile computing device.