Methods for mobile communication services selection
First Claim
1. A method for dynamically selecting communication services from a plurality of service providers capable of providing communication services to a mobile wireless communication device, comprising:
- establishing communication objectives at the device for corresponding communications to be executed by the device;
selecting one of the communication services for each communication to be executed by the device based on the corresponding established communication objectives;
utilizing the selected communication service at least for the communication whose communication objective formed the basis upon which the communication service was selected.
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Abstract
A mobile wireless communication device, for example a cellular handset, for selecting communication services and methods therefore, based on user specified communication objectives related to characteristics of communications executed by the device. The user specified characteristics are used to assess a plurality of communication services by comparing the specified characteristic with corresponding service characteristics of each of a plurality of available communication services. A communication service is selected from the plurality of communication services having service characteristics that correlate most closely with the specified characteristics of the communication executed by the device.
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1. A method for dynamically selecting communication services from a plurality of service providers capable of providing communication services to a mobile wireless communication device, comprising:
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establishing communication objectives at the device for corresponding communications to be executed by the device;
selecting one of the communication services for each communication to be executed by the device based on the corresponding established communication objectives;
utilizing the selected communication service at least for the communication whose communication objective formed the basis upon which the communication service was selected. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 14, 15, 16, 18, 19, 20)
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13. A method for selecting communication services available to a mobile wireless communication device, comprising:
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establishing a communication objective at the device by identifying a characteristic of a communication to be executed by the device;
assessing a plurality of communication services by comparing the identified characteristic of the communication to be executed with a corresponding service characteristic of each of a plurality of communication services;
selecting a communication service from the plurality of communication services having the service characteristic that correlates most closely with the identified characteristic of the communication to be executed by the device.
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17. A mobile wireless communication device, comprising:
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means for identifying a characteristic of a communication to be executed by the device;
means for assessing a plurality of communication services by comparing the identified characteristic of the communication to be executed with corresponding service characteristics of each of a plurality of communication services;
means for selecting a communication service from the plurality of communication services having the service characteristic that correlates most closely with the identified characteristic of the communication to be executed by the device.
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