REDUCING SERVICE ACQUISITION TIME WHEN A USER DEVICE IS POWERED UP

• US 20140357271A1
• Filed: 08/05/2014
• Published: 12/04/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 09/27/2011
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc. (Amazon.com, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc. (Amazon.com, Inc.)
• Inventors: Edara, Kiran K.
• Granted Patent: US 9,402,227 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 455/434
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 36/32 by location or mobility data, e.g. speed data
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 36/322 by location data
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 48/16 Discovering, processing access restriction or access information
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 48/18 Selecting a network or a communication service
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 52/0254 detecting a user operation or a tactile contact or a motion of the device
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 64/00 Locating users or terminals or network equipment for network management purposes, e.g. mobility management
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 84/042 Public Land Mobile systems, e.g. cellular systems
• CPC Class Codes: Y02D 30/70 in wireless communication networks

Abstract

A user device receives network information for a future destination of the user device. The user device stores the network information for the future destination in a local store of the user device. Responsive to the user device starting up, the user device searches for an available network using the network information in the local store of the user device, wherein searching for the available network excludes searching for a last registered network.

Claims

1. A method comprising:

receiving, by a user device, network information for a future destination of the user device;

storing, by the user device, the network information for the future destination in a local store of the user device; and

responsive to the user device starting up, searching, by the user device, for an available network using the network information in the local store of the user device, wherein searching for the available network excludes searching for a last registered network.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

prompting a user to specify the future destination;

sending an identification of the future destination to a server; and

receiving, from the server, the network information.

3. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

determining a current location of the user device, wherein a likely future destination of the user device is determinable from the current location;

sending an identification of the current location to a server; and

receiving the network information from the server.

4. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

obtaining data pertaining to the future destination of the user device from at least one of a boarding pass, calendar information, or an electronic message;

providing the data to a server; and

receiving the network information from the server.

5. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

determining GPS coordinates of the user device, the GPS coordinates corresponding to a transport facility location;

transmitting the GPS coordinates to a server; and

receiving the network information from the server.

6. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

receiving a request to at least partially power down the user device;

sending data pertaining to the future destination of the user device to a server responsive to receiving the request, wherein the network information is received after sending the data; and

at least partially powering down the user device after storing the network information.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein the network information for the future destination identifies at least one of a roaming network available at the future destination, a frequency band, a frequency, a cell identifier, or a radio access technology (RAT).

8. The method of claim 1, wherein searching for the available network further excludes searching for at least one of a home network, a higher priority network, one or more bands, one or more frequencies, or one or more radio access technologies.

9. A non-transitory computer readable storage medium comprising instructions that, when executed by a processing device of a user device, cause the processing device to perform operations comprising:

receiving, by the processing device, network information for a future destination of the user device;

storing, by the processing device, the network information for the future destination in a local store of the user device; and

responsive to the user device starting up, searching for an available network using the network information in the local store of the user device, wherein searching for the available network excludes searching for a last registered network.

10. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 9, the operations further comprising:

prompting a user to specify the future destination;

sending an identification of the future destination to a server; and

receiving, from the server, the network information.

11. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 9, the operations further comprising:

determining a current location of the user device, wherein a likely future destination of the user device is determinable from the current location;

sending an identification of the current location to a server; and

receiving the network information from the server.

12. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 9, the operations further comprising:

obtaining data pertaining to the future destination of the user device from at least one of a boarding pass, calendar information, or an electronic message;

providing the data to a server; and

receiving the network information from the server.

13. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 9, the operations further comprising:

determining GPS coordinates of the user device, the GPS coordinates corresponding to a transport facility location;

transmitting the GPS coordinates to a server; and

receiving the network information from the server.

14. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 9, the operations further comprising:

receiving a request to at least partially power down the user device;

sending data pertaining to the future destination of the user device to a server responsive to receiving the request, wherein the network information is received after sending the data; and

at least partially powering down the user device after storing the network information.

15. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 9, wherein the network information for the future destination identifies at least one of a roaming network available at the future destination, a frequency band, a frequency, a cell identifier, or a radio access technology (RAT).

16. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 9, wherein searching for the available network further excludes searching for at least one of a home network, a higher priority network, one or more bands, one or more frequencies, or one or more radio access technologies.

17. A user device comprising:

a data store;

a wireless modem; and

a processing device coupled to the data store and to the wireless modem, the processing device to;

receive network information for a future destination of the user device;

store the network information for the future destination in the data store; and

responsive to the user device starting up, search for an available network via the wireless modem using the network information, wherein the search for the available network excludes a search for a last registered network.

18. The user device of claim 17, wherein the processing device is further to:

determine data pertaining to the future destination of the user device;

provide the data to a server; and

receive the network information from the server.

19. The user device of claim 17, wherein the processing device is further to:

receive a request to at least partially power down the user device;

send data pertaining to the future destination of the user device to a server responsive to receiving the request, wherein the network information is received after sending the data; and

at least partially power down the user device after storing the network information.

20. The user device of claim 17, wherein the network information for the future destination identifies at least one of a roaming network available at the future destination, a frequency band, a frequency, a cell identifier, or a radio access technology (RAT).