Methods and apparatus for use in controlling a scan rate for scanning operations in a mobile communication device
First Claim
1. A method for use in controlling scanning operations in a mobile communication device which has an application for storing a plurality of calendar appointments or call reminders in memory, the method comprising the acts of:
- determining, by the mobile communication device, a scan rate that decreases in accordance with a duration of time over which repeated scanning operations fail to identify a wireless communication network for communications;
identifying, by the mobile communication device, whether at least one of the stored calendar appointments or call reminders is an upcoming call appointment or reminder for a communication session to be established during a current time period; and
determining, by the mobile communication device, the scan rate to increase in response to the identifying by the mobile communication device at least one of the stored calendar appointments or call reminders to be an upcoming call appointment or reminder for the current time period.
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Abstract
Methods and apparatus for use in controlling scanning operations or a scan rate based on call appointments or reminders are disclosed. In one illustrative example, one or more processors of a mobile communication device are operative to identify whether a call appointment or reminder for a communication session to be established during a current time period is stored in the memory, and determine a scan rate for scanning operations of the wireless transceiver which varies based on whether the call appointment or reminder for the communication session to be established is identified. The scan rate may further be determined to vary based on a duration of time over which repeated scanning operations fail to identify a suitable wireless communication network for communication (e.g. as the duration of time increases, the scan rate decreases).
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35 Claims
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1. A method for use in controlling scanning operations in a mobile communication device which has an application for storing a plurality of calendar appointments or call reminders in memory, the method comprising the acts of:
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determining, by the mobile communication device, a scan rate that decreases in accordance with a duration of time over which repeated scanning operations fail to identify a wireless communication network for communications; identifying, by the mobile communication device, whether at least one of the stored calendar appointments or call reminders is an upcoming call appointment or reminder for a communication session to be established during a current time period; and determining, by the mobile communication device, the scan rate to increase in response to the identifying by the mobile communication device at least one of the stored calendar appointments or call reminders to be an upcoming call appointment or reminder for the current time period. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A mobile communication device, comprising:
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one or more processors; memory accessible by the one or more processors; the memory configured to store an application for storing a plurality of calendar appointments or call reminders; a wireless transceiver coupled to the one or more processors; the wireless transceiver being adapted to communicate with a wireless communication network for communication sessions; the one or more processors being operative to; determine a scan rate that decreases in accordance with a duration of time over which repeated scanning operations with the wireless transceiver fail to identify a wireless communication network for communications; identify whether at least one of the stored calendar appointments or call reminders is an upcoming call appointment or reminder for a communication session to be established with the wireless transceiver during a current time period; and determine the scan rate to increase in response to identifying by the one or more processors at least one of the stored calendar appointments or call reminders to be an upcoming call appointment or reminder for the current time period. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23)
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24. A communication system, comprising:
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a wireless communication network; a mobile communication device operative in the wireless communication network; the mobile communication device including; one or more processors; memory accessible by the one or more processors and having an application for storing a plurality of calendar appointments or call reminders; a wireless transceiver coupled to the one or more processors; the wireless transceiver being adapted to communicate with the wireless communication network for communication sessions; the one or more processors being operative to; determine a scan rate that decreases in accordance with a duration of time over which repeated scanning operations with the wireless transceiver fail to identify the wireless communication network for communications; identify whether at least one of the stored calendar appointments or call reminders is an upcoming call appointment or reminder for a communication session to be established with the mobile communication device during a current time period; and determine the scan rate to increase in response to identifying that at least one of the stored calendar appointments or call reminders is an upcoming call appointment or reminder for the current time period. - View Dependent Claims (25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34)
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35. A method for use in controlling scanning operations in a wireless mobile telephony device which has a calendar application for storing a plurality of calendar appointments in memory of the wireless mobile telephony device, the method comprising the acts of:
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repeatedly scanning, at a scan rate, in attempt to identify a wireless communication network for communications; identifying, at the wireless mobile telephony device, whether any one of the stored calendar appointments is an upcoming call appointment for a communication session to be established with the wireless mobile telephony device during a current time period; and increasing the scan rate in response to identifying that one of the stored calendar appointments is an upcoming call appointment for a communication session to be established with the wireless mobile telephony device during a current time period.
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