System, terminal, network entity, method, and computer program product for system selection in a multi-mode communication system
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1. An apparatus comprising:
- at least one processor; and
at least one memory including computer program code for one or more programs,the at least one memory and the computer program code configured to, with the at least one processor, cause the apparatus to perform at least the following;
receive signals and respective geographic information from a plurality of communication systems;
receive information regarding at least one desired service;
determine the availability of the at least one desired service at each of the plurality of communication systems based on the geographic information; and
establish communications with at least one of the plurality of communication systems having available each of the at least one desired service.
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Abstract
A terminal, network entity, system, method and computer program product enable communications to be established with an available system that is on a priority list and that has a desired service available. Communications may be established automatically with the system that is highest on the priority list and that has the desired service available. Alternatively, all of the systems that are on the priority list and that have the desired service available may be displayed to a user, such that the user may select one of the displayed systems and communications may be established with the selected system.
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17 Claims
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1. An apparatus comprising:
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at least one processor; and at least one memory including computer program code for one or more programs, the at least one memory and the computer program code configured to, with the at least one processor, cause the apparatus to perform at least the following; receive signals and respective geographic information from a plurality of communication systems; receive information regarding at least one desired service; determine the availability of the at least one desired service at each of the plurality of communication systems based on the geographic information; and establish communications with at least one of the plurality of communication systems having available each of the at least one desired service. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 16)
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6. An apparatus comprising
at least one processor, and at least one memory including computer program code for one or more programs, the at least one memory and the computer program code configured to, with the at least one processor, cause the apparatus to perform at least the following: -
receive signals from a plurality of communication systems; receive information regarding at least one desired service; access the at least one desired service; access at least one system priority list; determine the availability of the at least one desired service at each of the plurality of communication systems; receive a user communication system selection among all communication systems that are on the system priority list and that have the at least one desired service available; and communicate with the communication system selected by the user.
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7. An apparatus comprising:
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at least one processor; and at least one memory including computer program code for one or more programs, the at least one memory and the computer program code configured to, with the at least one processor, cause the apparatus to perform at least the following; select at least one desired service; transmit signals from a plurality of communication systems to a terminal system, wherein each of the signals comprises availability information for the at least one desired service; and establish communications between the terminal system and at least one of the plurality of communication systems having available each of the at least one desired service. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9)
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10. A method comprising:
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receiving, by an apparatus, signals and respective geographic information from a plurality of communication systems; receiving, by the apparatus, information regarding at least one desired service; determining, by the apparatus, the availability of the at least one desired service at each of the plurality of communication systems based on the geographic information; and establishing, by the apparatus, communications with at least one of the plurality of communication systems having available each of the at least one desired service. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 17)
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15. A method comprising:
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receiving, by an apparatus, signals from a plurality of communication systems; receiving, by the apparatus, information regarding at least one desired service; accessing, by the apparatus, the at least one desired service; accessing, by the apparatus, at least one system priority list; determining, by the apparatus, the availability of the at least one desired service at each of the plurality of communication systems; receiving, by the apparatus, a user communication system selection among all communication systems that are on the system priority list and that have the at least one desired service available; and communicating, by the apparatus, with the communication system selected by the user.
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