Patent ID: 8417260

Claim:
A method for use with a wireless device to optimize access to wireless signaling available from cellular and wireless networks, the method comprising: identifying a traveling speed of the wireless device; implementing a mobility mode in the event the traveling speed is greater than a speed threshold, the mobility mode instructing the wireless device to prioritize access to cellular networks over access to wireless networks; implementing a portability mode in the event the traveling speed is less than the speed threshold, the portability mode instructing the wireless device to prioritize access to wireless networks over access to cellular networks; when implementing the mobility mode: i. identifying a geographical location of the wireless device; ii. instructing the wireless device to prioritize access to a first type of cellular network in the event the geographical location is of a first type; and iii. instructing the wireless device to prioritize access to a second type of cellular network in the event the geographical location is of a second type; when implementing the mobility mode while the geographical location of the wireless device is of the first type and the wireless device is accessing one of the first type of cellular networks: i. instructing the wireless device to continue accessing the one of the first type of cellular network until signaling power drops below a desired power threshold; and when implementing the mobility mode while the geographical location of the wireless device is of the first type and the wireless device is accessing the one of the first type of cellular network and the signaling drops below the desired power threshold: i. instructing the wireless device to handoff access to another of the first type of cellular network having greater signaling power if available; and ii. instructing the wireless device to continue accessing the one of the first type of cellular network in the event the another of the first type of cellular network having greater signaling power is not available.