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Method, apparatus and computer program providing for rapid network selection in a multimode device

  • US 7,937,083 B2
  • Filed: 04/14/2005
  • Issued: 05/03/2011
  • Est. Priority Date: 04/14/2005
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method comprising:

  • invoking an overlay function configured to assist an apparatus in performing system selection among a plurality of different types of systems based on a set of overlay parameters, wherein the set of overlay parameters comprises an indication of system priority among the plurality of different types of systems, wherein the indication of system priority does not include an indication of priority among different networks of a system, wherein the set of overlay parameters does not comprise a preferred roaming list or a public land mobile network list; and

    in response to determining that the set of overlay parameters specifies that a higher priority system is to be acquired, initiating a scan to attempt to acquire a network of the higher priority system, wherein priority among networks of the higher priority system is specified separately from the set of overlay parameters.

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