System and method for calendar-based cellular smart switching

A method for controlling the hand-off of a wireless communication device between a plurality of independent wireless communication networks comprising:

• compiling a database of past time-location associations of said wireless communication device within a predetermined overlapping region serviced by at least two of said plurality of independent wireless communication networks;
• detecting when said wireless communication device is located within said predetermined overlapping region during an active connection;
• predicting, responsive to said detecting, a future location of said wireless communication device within said independent wireless communication networks, wherein said predicting uses said database of time-location associations;
• transferring, based on a result of said predicting, said active connection between said one of said plurality of independent wireless communication networks to another of said plurality of independent wireless communication networks when said wireless communication device is detected as being within said predetermined overlapping region,
• wherein said predicting comprises using said time-location associations to determine a predetermined waiting period and, if said wireless communication device remains within said predetermined overlapping region for longer than said predetermined waiting period, transferring said active connection.

A method for switching a call connection between independent wireless networks, comprising:

• servicing a call on a wireless communication device via a first independent wireless network;
• detecting entry of said wireless communication device into a region of operation of a second independent wireless network;
• predicting, based on past patterns of use, whether said wireless communication device is likely to remain in said region of operation of said second independent wireless network for longer than a predetermined period;
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• transferring service of said call to said second independent wireless network if said wireless communication device is predicted to remain in said region of operation of said second independent wireless network for longer than said predetermined period.

A method for controlling the hand-off of a wireless communication device between a plurality of independent wireless communication networks comprising:

• compiling a database of past time-location associations of said wireless communication device within a predetermined overlapping region serviced by at least two of said plurality of independent wireless communication networks;
• detecting when said wireless communication device is located within said predetermined overlapping region during an active connection;
• predicting, responsive to said detecting, a future location of said wireless communication device, wherein said predicting uses said database of time-location associations;
• transferring, based on a result of said predicting, said active connection between said one of said plurality of independent wireless communication networks to another of said plurality of independent wireless communication networks when said wireless communication device is detected as being within said predetermined overlapping region.