Patent ID: 9326205
Filing Date: 2016-04-26
CPC Classification: H04W

Claim Text:
1. A method for providing connectivity handover for a mobile device from a cellular network to a handover wireless local area network (“WLAN”), the method comprising: establishing connectivity to a public data network (“PDN”) via the cellular network; determining availability of one or more WLANs; determining that a condition requiring seamless handover is present, the condition requiring seamless handover being associated with the mobile device; determining that at least one of the one or more WLANs is a trusted WLAN, the trusted WLAN providing seamless handover to the PDN via the cellular network; and connecting to a handover WLAN comprising: based on the determinations that a condition requiring seamless handover is present and that at least one of the one or more WLANs is a trusted WLAN, selecting one of the at least one or more trusted WLANs as the handover WLAN and requesting connectivity to the PDN via the cellular network during an authentication with the handover WLAN.