Methods and apparatus for paging reception in multimode wireless networks

A mobile device, comprising:

• one or more processors;
• a radio transceiver coupled to the one or more processors;
• and
• a memory coupled to the one or more processors, the memory storing computer-executable instructions that, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the mobile device to:
• transfer application data via a first network as part of a data communications session;
• identify an application data transfer time period during the data communications session when a data loss for the application data being transferred via the first network is acceptable;
• and
• during the identified application data transfer time period, acquire a message from a second network, while continuing to transfer the application data via the first network,
• wherein the first network and the second network employ different data communication protocols.

An apparatus configurable for operation in a mobile device, the apparatus comprising:

• one or more processors;
• and
• a memory coupled to the one or more processors, the memory storing computer-executable instructions that, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the mobile device to:
• transfer application data via a first wireless communication protocol as part of a data communications session;
• identify an application data transfer time period during the data communications session when a data loss for the application data being transferred via the first wireless communication protocol is acceptable;
• and
• during the identified application data transfer time period, acquire the network communication via a second wireless communication protocol, while continuing to transfer the application data via the first wireless communication protocol.