Accelerating acquisition of a preferred cellular system by a portable communication device using position location
First Claim
1. A mobile communication device, comprising:
- a signal sender;
a signal receiver; and
a memory, including a static table, in communication with said signal sender and said signal receiver, wherein said memory matches a location directly to at least one preferred system according to the static table.
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Abstract
A mobile communication device, and a method of connecting a mobile device to a preferred communication system, are disclosed. The mobile communication device includes a signal sender, a signal receiver, and a processor and memory. The processor and memory include a static table, and are in communication with the signal sender and the signal receiver. The processor and memory match a location of the device directly to at least one preferred system. The mobile communication system includes at least one base station and the at least one mobile communication device. The method includes the step of locating of the mobile communication device, the step of converting the location generated into a position range, the step of matching the position range to at least one preferred SID index for the position range using a lookup table, the step of selecting the preferred SID from a roaming list, wherein the preferred SID is correspondent to the at least one preferred SID index, and the step of connecting the mobile communication device to a channel correspondent to the preferred system indicated by the preferred SID.
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31 Claims
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1. A mobile communication device, comprising:
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a signal sender;
a signal receiver; and
a memory, including a static table, in communication with said signal sender and said signal receiver, wherein said memory matches a location directly to at least one preferred system according to the static table. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 27, 29, 30)
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15. A mobile communication system, comprising:
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at least one base station; and
at least one mobile communication device, comprising;
a signal sender that send signals to said at least one base station;
a signal receiver that receives signals from said at least one base station; and
a memory, including a static table, wherein said memory matches a location of said at least one mobile communication device directly to at least one preferred system.
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26. A method of connecting a mobile communication device to a preferred communication system, comprising:
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locating the mobile communication device using a location function within the mobile communication device;
converting the location generated by said locating to a position range;
matching the position range to at least one preferred SID index for the position range using a lookup table;
selecting a preferred SID system from a roaming list, wherein the preferred SID system is correspondent to the at least one preferred SD index; and
connecting the mobile communication device to a channel correspondent to the preferred SID system identified by the at least one preferred SID index.
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28. A mobile communication device, comprising:
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a signal sender;
a signal receiver; and
a processor, including a memory, communicatively connected to said signal sender and said signal receiver, which processor includes thereon computer software that performs the steps of;
converting a location of the mobile communication device to a position range;
matching the position range to at least one preferred SID index for the position range using a lookup table, wherein the lookup table is stored in the memory;
selecting a preferred SID from a roaming list, wherein the preferred SID is correspondent to the at least one preferred SID index, wherein the roaming list is stored in the memory; and
connecting the mobile device to a channel correspondent to a preferred system indicated by the preferred SID.
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31. A system for connecting a mobile communication device to a preferred communication system, comprising:
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means for locating the mobile communication device;
means for converting the location generated by said locating to a position range;
means for matching the position range to at least one preferred SID index for the position range;
means for selecting the preferred SID, wherein the preferred SID is correspondent to the at least one preferred SID index; and
means for connecting the mobile communication device to a channel correspondent to a preferred system indicated by the preferred SID.
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