Patent ID: 7050828

Claim:
An apparatus for monitoring one or more supported telecommunication systems using a wireless device with respect to which the wireless device is in an idle mode while the wireless device is in a connected mode with respect to another supported telecommunication system, the apparatus comprising: an air interface; at least two access means associated with said at least two supported telecommunications systems for providing said wireless device with access to said at least two supported telecommunication systems, a circuit including a connection to said air interface, and a plurality of connections to said at least two access means, said circuit providing a low attenuation between the air interface connection and a connection of said plurality of connections to the access means associated with a supported telecommunication system with respect to which the wireless device is in a connected mode, said circuit further including setting means for setting the circuit to at least two states, wherein each of the at least two states provides a different attenuation between the air interface connection and one of said plurality of connections to said at least two access means; and wherein said at least two supported telecommunication systems comprise a GSM system and a WCDMA system, and wherein said setting means sets said circuit to a first state in which the circuit provides a low attenuation between the air interface connection and a connection to a receiver/transmitter of said WCDMA system, and a low attenuation between the air interface connection and a connection to a receiver of said GSM system, and a second state in which said circuit has a low attenuation between the air interface connection and a connection to a transmitter of said GSM system.