Method and apparatus for selecting a mode in a multi-mode communications client
US8249505B1 · kind B1 · utility
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| Filing date | Mar 13, 2009 |
| Grant date | Aug 21, 2012 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jul 3, 2030 |
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- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04W48/18
- WIPO fieldDigital communication
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A wireless terminal includes a wireless interface that is configured to selectively connect the wireless terminal to a network using one of at least two different access modes including a cellular access mode and at least one non-cellular access mode. A mode control that selects the one of the at least two different access modes based at least in part on an access priority signal received from the network.
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