US 11,706,679 B2
High data mode for enhanced user experience in cellular networks
Raghuveer Mallikarjunan, Sunnyvale, CA (US); Patrick L Coffman, San Francisco, CA (US); Madhusudan Chaudhary, Campbell, CA (US); Muthukumaran Dhanapal, Dublin, CA (US); Ajay Singh, San Jose, CA (US); Faraz Faheem, Santa Clara, CA (US); Thanigaivelu Elangovan, Cupertino, CA (US); Lakshmi N Kavuri, Cupertino, CA (US); Samuel J Miller, San Jose, CA (US); Najeeb M Abdulrahiman, Fremont, CA (US); Rajesh Ambati, Los Altos Hills, CA (US); Arun G Mathias, Los Altos, CA (US); Vivek Ramanna, San Jose, CA (US); Divyaprakash P Bhojkumar, Santa Clara, CA (US); Vikram B Yerrabommanahalli, Saratoga, CA (US); Rafael L Rivera-Barreto, Santa Clara, CA (US); Sergey Sitnikov, San Jose, CA (US); Oleg M Moskalenko, Ben Lomond, CA (US); Bao Q Ho, San Jose, CA (US); Rohan C Malthankar, San Jose, CA (US); and Samy Touati, Pleasanton, CA (US)
Assigned to Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US)
Filed by Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US)
Filed on Jan. 17, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/577,235.
Application 17/577,235 is a continuation of application No. 16/902,966, filed on Jun. 16, 2020, granted, now 11,234,178.
Prior Publication US 2022/0141744 A1, May 5, 2022
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. H04W 4/00 (2018.01); H04W 36/14 (2009.01); H04W 24/08 (2009.01); H04W 36/30 (2009.01); H04W 60/00 (2009.01); H04W 76/15 (2018.01)
CPC H04W 36/14 (2013.01) [H04W 24/08 (2013.01); H04W 36/30 (2013.01); H04W 60/005 (2013.01); H04W 76/15 (2018.02)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method for a mobile device to switch from a low-speed data network to a high-speed data network, comprising:
informing, via a user interface, a user of the mobile device of a desirability of a switch from the low-speed data network to an available high-speed data network, wherein the mobile device determines a cost categorization for an interface to the high-speed data network, and wherein the cost categorization is one of expensive or not expensive;
requesting, via the user interface, confirmation of the switch from the low-speed data network to the high-speed data network; and
selecting, based at least in part on the cost categorization, availability of the high-speed data network, and user input confirming the switch, the interface for a data connection to the high-speed data network.