US 08,189,611 B2
System and method for resolving contention among applications requiring data connections between a mobile communications device and a wireless networkGeneral
US 08,189,611 B2
System and method for resolving contention among applications requiring data connections between a mobile communications device and a wireless network
Tech Center:
2617 Communications
Examiner:
Barry W Taylor
Art Unit:
2617 Computer Graphic Processing, 3D Animation, Display Color Attribute, Object Processing, Hardware and Memory
Agent:
The Danamraj Law Group, P.C.
Inventors:
Kenneth Liang; Mahmud-Ul Hassan; Colin Ho
Assignee:
3G LICENSING S.A.
Priority:
11/04/05
Filed:
12/02/08
Granted:
05/29/12
Expiration:
09/04/26
Abstract
A mobile communications device (30) includes a wireless transceiver (34) operable to conduct at least two data connections between the mobile communications device (30) and a wireless network (12) wherein each of the data connections is associated with a connected application operating on the mobile communications device. A processor (32) is coupled to the wireless transceiver (34). The processor (32) is operable to process a request for a data connection for an unconnected application operable on the mobile communications device (30), to release one of the data connections associated with one of the connected applications and to establish a data connection between the mobile communications device (30) and the wireless network (12) for the unconnected application. A contention manager (86) is operable to select the connected application to be released based upon a comparison of a contention parameter associated with each of the connected applications.
Cooperative Patent Classification (CPC)
H04H04L67/143H04W76/36H04L