US 11,997,762 B2
Methods and systems for switching between service provider networks
Samian Kaur, Plymouth Meeting, PA (US)
Assigned to Comcast Cable Communications, LLC, Philadelphia, PA (US)
Filed by Comcast Cable Communications, LLC, Philadelphia, PA (US)
Filed on Mar. 14, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/183,577.
Application 18/183,577 is a continuation of application No. 17/129,610, filed on Dec. 21, 2020, granted, now 11,638,327.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/950,739, filed on Dec. 19, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2023/0284338 A1, Sep. 7, 2023
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. H04W 88/06 (2009.01); H04W 8/18 (2009.01); H04W 12/45 (2021.01); H04W 68/02 (2009.01); H04W 76/15 (2018.01)
CPC H04W 88/06 (2013.01) [H04W 8/183 (2013.01); H04W 12/45 (2021.01); H04W 68/02 (2013.01); H04W 76/15 (2018.02)] 48 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. One or more non-transitory computer-readable media storing processor-executable instructions that, when executed by at least one processor, cause the at least one processor to:
communicate, by a user device, via a first network, wherein the user device is connected to the first network via a first network address;
determine, based on a signal being received for a threshold duration, a presence of a second network and a network condition associated with the second network;
sending, based on the network condition, a request to connect to the second network; and
causing, based on an acknowledgment of the request, the user device to connect to the second network via a second network address.