US 11,659,463 B2
Shared use of cellular networks to provide wireless services
Curt C. Wong, Bellevue, WA (US); Maulik V. Vaidya, Palmdale, CA (US); Umamaheswar A. Kakinada, Centennial, CO (US); and Pratik Das, Cenntennial, CO (US)
Assigned to Charter Communications Operating, LLC, St. Louis, MO (US)
Filed by Charter Communications Operating, LLC, St. Louis, MO (US)
Filed on Feb. 13, 2020, as Appl. No. 16/789,896.
Application 16/789,896 is a continuation of application No. 15/873,244, filed on Jan. 17, 2018, granted, now 10,595,251.
Prior Publication US 2020/0187074 A1, Jun. 11, 2020
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. H04W 36/14 (2009.01); H04W 36/00 (2009.01); H04W 8/18 (2009.01); H04W 76/30 (2018.01); H04W 76/16 (2018.01); H04W 36/24 (2009.01)
CPC H04W 36/14 (2013.01) [H04W 8/18 (2013.01); H04W 36/0022 (2013.01); H04W 76/16 (2018.02); H04W 76/30 (2018.02); H04W 36/24 (2013.01)] 30 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method comprising:
via a first wireless base station:
providing first wireless connectivity to user equipment, the first wireless base station being part of a first wireless network that supports first wireless communications;
in response to detecting that a subscriber operating the user equipment is assigned use of a second wireless network supporting second wireless communications, producing a notification indicating a set of wireless carrier frequencies;
communicating the notification indicating the set of wireless carrier frequencies to the user equipment, the set of wireless carrier frequencies in the notification including first wireless carrier frequencies associated with the first wireless network and second wireless carrier frequencies associated with the second wireless network; and
wherein the first wireless carrier frequencies in the set are ranked higher in priority than the second wireless carrier frequencies.