US 8,538,421 B2 · Management of network technology selection and display in multi-technology wireless environments

Abstract

System(s) and method(s) are provided to manage utilization of radio network technology and display thereof when multiple services and radio network technologies are available to a multi-technology mobile device. Management relies at least in part on a subscriber profile that comprises a network selection profile constructed through market policy, subscriber policy, and application policy for radio technology utilization. Network preference(s) profile is generated on per subscriber, or per subscriber type, basis and is conveyed to a subscriber station over the air. Initial subscriber profile can be delivered at a time of provisioning a multi-technology mobile device, and updated based at least upon subscriber demand, a schedule established by a network operator or service provider, or an event related to coverage area relocation or contracted services. Radio technology preferences and display of associated technologies available to a multi-technology mobile device can be dynamically controlled on a per-call and/or per-application basis.

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Dependent claims

A method comprising:

in response to receiving indication data via a reserved bit in a frame of a control channel, updating, by a system comprising a processor, subscriber profile data representing a subscriber profile that assigns a set of radio network technology preference settings to a set of respective applications executable by a multi-technology mobile device, wherein the subscriber profile data is selected based on classification data associated with a set of access point devices with which the multi-technology mobile device is determined to communicate and wherein the indication data represents a change in the classification data;
and
facilitating, by the system, a transmission of the subscriber profile data to the multi-technology mobile device, wherein the subscriber profile data comprises information enabling the multi-technology mobile device to select a radio network technology that is to be employed for a communication associated with an application of the set of respective applications.

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Management of network technology selection and display in multi-technology wireless environments

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