Patent ID: 7483716

Claim:
A method for communicating with a plurality of communication networks, the method comprising: processing in at least one radio frequency front end (RFFE), in a mobile terminal, signals received via at least one of a plurality of receive channels, wherein said plurality of receive channels comprise at least one VHF/UHF broadcast channel and at least one US band cellular channel capable of carrying voice and data; and receiving in said mobile terminal, signals from WCDMA 1900 MHz, WCDMA 850 MHz, GSM 1900 MHz, and OSM 850 MHz US band cellular channels and from one or more VHF/UHF broadcasting channels, wherein said mobile terminal comprises a single cellular/broadcast radio frequency integrated circuit (RFIC) that handles said signals received from said WCDMA 1900 MHz, WCDMA 850 MHz, GSM 1900 MHz, and GSM 850 MHz US band cellular channels and from said one or more VHF/UHF broadcasting channels.