Patent · US Expired

Mobile phone avoiding search of ineffective base stations

US6909892B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateMay 16, 2001
Grant dateJun 21, 2005
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Expiry dateAug 10, 2022

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04M1/724
  • WIPO fieldTelecommunications
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

When a mobile phone is out of an area covered by a communication currently in use, the fact is noticed to a user and, simultaneously therewith, a message urging the user to select another communication system is displayed. During a period in which this display is performed, it becomes possible to switch the communication system through a simple procedure.

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