Selection of networks between WLAN and 2G/3G networks based on user and provider preferences
First Claim
1. A method of administering network selections for a mobile station between a second generation/third generation wireless network and wireless local area networks, said method comprising:
- (a) detecting when the mobile station encounters a wireless local area network;
(b) communicating an identity of the encountered wireless local area network from the mobile station to the second generation/third generation wireless network, said communicating prompting a query for permission to establish a session between the mobile station and the encountered wireless local area network, said query being sent from the second generation/third generation wireless network to the encounter wireless local area network; and
,(c) when permission to establish the session is granted by the encountered wireless local network in response to the query, receiving a key distributed to the mobile station, said key being used by the mobile station to establish a session between the mobile station and the encountered wireless local area network.
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Abstract
A method of administering network selections for a mobile station between a second generation/third generation wireless network and wireless local area networks includes detecting when the mobile station encounters a wireless area network, and communicating an identity of the encountered wireless area network to the second generation/third generation wireless network. The communicating prompts a query for permission to establish a session between the mobile station and the encountered wireless local area network. When permission is granted, the method includes receiving a key distributed to the mobile station. The key is used by the mobile station to establish a session between the mobile station and the encountered wireless local area network.
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30 Claims
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1. A method of administering network selections for a mobile station between a second generation/third generation wireless network and wireless local area networks, said method comprising:
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(a) detecting when the mobile station encounters a wireless local area network; (b) communicating an identity of the encountered wireless local area network from the mobile station to the second generation/third generation wireless network, said communicating prompting a query for permission to establish a session between the mobile station and the encountered wireless local area network, said query being sent from the second generation/third generation wireless network to the encounter wireless local area network; and
,(c) when permission to establish the session is granted by the encountered wireless local network in response to the query, receiving a key distributed to the mobile station, said key being used by the mobile station to establish a session between the mobile station and the encountered wireless local area network. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A method of administering network selections for a mobile station between a second generation/third generation wireless network and wireless local area networks, said method comprising:
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(a) detecting when the mobile station encounters a wireless local area network; (b) communicating an identity of the encountered wireless local area network to the second generation/third generation wireless network, said communicating prompting a query for permission to establish a session between the mobile station and the encountered wireless local area network, said query being sent from the second generation/third generation wireless network to the encountered wireless local area network; (c) when permission to establish the session is granted by the encountered wireless local area network in response to the query, receiving a key distributed to the mobile station, said key being used by the mobile station to establish a session between the mobile station and the encountered wireless local area network; and
,(d) maintaining user preferences which control the administering of network selections, said user preferences specifying at least one of;
a time, date or location restriction outside of which the mobile station is not to be handed-off to a wireless local area network;
which wireless local area networks the mobile station can be handed-off to;
which wireless local area network to favor when more than one wireless local area network is available; and
, a hand-off transparency for a wireless local area network.
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10. A method of administering network selections for a mobile station between a second generation/third generation wireless network and wireless local area networks, said method comprising:
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(a) detecting when the mobile station encounters a wireless local area network; (b) communicating an identity of the encountered wireless local area network to the second generation/third generation wireless network, said communicating prompting a query for permission to establish a session between the mobile station and the encountered wireless local area network, said query being sent from the second generation/third generation wireless network to the encountered wireless local area network; (c) when permission to establish the session is granted by the encountered wireless local area network in response to the query, receiving a key distributed to the mobile station, said key being used by the mobile station to establish a session between the mobile station and the encountered wireless local area network; and
,(d) maintaining user preferences which control the administering of network selections, said user preferences specifying at least one of;
a time, date or location restriction outside of which the mobile station is not to be handed-off to a wireless local area network;
which wireless local area networks the mobile station can be handed-off to;
which wireless local area network to favor when more than one wireless local area network is available; and
, a hand-off transparency for a wireless local area network. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 21, 22)
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13. A client which administers network selections of a mobile communications device between a second generation/third generation wireless network and wireless local area networks, said client comprising:
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means for detecting when the mobile communications device encounters a wireless local area network; means for communicating an identity of the encountered wireless area local area network to the second generation/third generation wireless network, said communicating prompting a query for permission to establish a session between the mobile station and the encountered wireless local area network; and
,means for receiving a key distributed to the mobile station when permission is granted, said key being used by the mobile station to establish a session between the mobile station and the encountered wireless local area network. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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23. A method of administering network selections for a mobile station between a second generation/third generation wireless network and wireless local area networks, said method comprising:
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(a) receiving a communication from the mobile station over the second generation/third generation wireless network when the mobile station encounters a wireless area network, said communication providing an identity of the wireless area network encountered; and
,(b) querying the encountered wireless local area network for permission for the mobile station to establish a session with the encountered wireless local area network such that when permission is granted, a key is distributed to the mobile station, said key being used by the mobile station to establish the session with the encountered wireless local area network. - View Dependent Claims (24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30)
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