METHOD FOR SELECTING AN AIR INTERFACE USING AN ACCESS LIST ON A MULTI-MODE WIRELESS DEVICE
First Claim
1. A method for selecting an air interface on a multi-mode wireless device capable of communicating over a plurality of air interfaces, the method comprising:
- accessing a plurality of technology specific access lists, each technology specific access list defining networks for a respective wireless technology;
ranking the networks according to application specific criteria, the networks selected from a plurality of wireless technologies; and
generating a set of application specific access lists based on the ranking.
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Abstract
Application-specific access lists are provided for a multimode mobile wireless device. The multimode mobile device has an access list for each wireless technology. Typically, these technology specific access lists are standard for each technology, and are provided by a service provider or the manufacturer of the multimode mobile device. For each application the multimode wireless device is a likely to operate, an application-specific access list is generated. The application-specific access list ranks the wireless technologies according to its relative desirability for the application. In this way, when the multimode mobile device request an application, the application-specific access list may be used to efficiently acquire a network preferred for that particular application. The application-specific access lists may be updated from time to time as applications are added or changed, as technology specific access lists are updated, or as geographic location changes.
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24 Claims
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1. A method for selecting an air interface on a multi-mode wireless device capable of communicating over a plurality of air interfaces, the method comprising:
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accessing a plurality of technology specific access lists, each technology specific access list defining networks for a respective wireless technology;
ranking the networks according to application specific criteria, the networks selected from a plurality of wireless technologies; and
generating a set of application specific access lists based on the ranking. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A multi-mode wireless device comprising:
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a processor coupled to a memory;
at least one wireless transceiver coupled to the processor for communicating over a plurality of wireless technologies;
programming stored on the memory and executed by the processor for performing the method of;
accessing a plurality of technology specific access lists, each technology specific access list defining networks for a respective wireless technology;
ranking the networks according to application specific criteria, the networks selected from the plurality of wireless technologies; and
generating a set of application specific access lists based on the ranking. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17)
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18. An access list in computer readable format stored on a computer readable medium, the access list comprising:
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a first entry identifying a first network selected according to application operating requirements; and
a second entry identifying a second network selected according to the application operating requirements. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24)
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