Group network acquisition
AssigneeLenovo (Singapore) Pte. Ltd.
InventorsRussell Speight VanBlon, John Carl Mese, Nathan J. Peterson
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Abstract
For group network acquisition, systems, apparatus, methods, and program products are disclosed. The apparatus may include a radio transceiver for communicating on a mobile communication network, a processor, and a memory that stores code executable by the processor. In one embodiment, the processor detects a connection status of the radio transceiver and forms a group with a communication device based on the network status. In a further embodiment, the processor attempts network acquisition for the group during an assigned connection period and ceases network acquisition attempts during an unassigned connection period.
Claims21
An apparatus comprising:
- a radio transceiver for communicating on a mobile communication network;
- a processor;
- a memory that stores code executable by the processor to:
- detect a connection status for a connection between the apparatus and the mobile communication network;
- determine whether the connection status is one of:
- a poor network connection and a lost connection state;
- form a group with at least one second communication device in response to the connection status being a poor network connection or a lost connection state, the at least one second communication device being separate from the mobile communication network;
- attempt network connection with the mobile communication network for the group during an assigned connection period, wherein the apparatus attempts network acquisition on behalf of the group during the assigned connection period;
- and
- cease network connection attempts with the mobile communication network during an unassigned connection period, wherein the at least one second communication device attempts network acquisition on behalf of the group during the unassigned connection period.
A method comprising:
- detecting, by way of a processor, a connection status for a connection between a first communication device and a mobile communication network;
- determining whether the connection status is one of:
- a poor network connection and a lost connection state;
- forming a group with at least one second communication device in response to the connection status being a poor network connection or a lost connection state, the at least one second communication device being separate from the mobile communication network;
- attempting network acquisition with the mobile communication network for the group during an assigned connection period, wherein the first communication device attempts network acquisition on behalf of the group during the assigned connection period;
- and
- ceasing network acquisition attempts with the mobile communication network during an unassigned connection period, wherein the at least one second communication device attempts network acquisition on behalf of the group during the unassigned connection period.
A program product comprising a non-transitory computer readable storage medium that stores code executable by a processor, the executable code comprising code to perform:
- determining a connection status of a connection between a main radio transceiver of a first communication device and a mobile communication network;
- determining whether the connection status is one of:
- a poor network connection and a lost connection state;
- forming a group with at least one second communication device in response to the connection status being a poor network connection or a lost connection state, the at least one second communication device being separate from the mobile communication network;
- attempting, via the main radio transceiver, network acquisition with the mobile communication network during an assigned connection period, wherein the first communication device attempts network acquisition on behalf of the group during the assigned connection period;
- and
- ceasing network acquisition attempts with the mobile communication network during an unassigned connection period, wherein the at least one second communication device attempts network acquisition on behalf of the group during the unassigned connection period.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.