Patent ID: 9473925
Filing Date: 2016-10-18
CPC Classification: H04L,H04W

Claim Text:
1. In a mobile computing network including at least one mobile computing device coupled to the network via a network point of attachment, an improvement comprising an interface-assisted listener disposed on the mobile computing device that detects, based at least in part on identification of the network point of attachment, whether said mobile computing device has moved to a different network segment while managing application and transport layer communications endpoints used for data communications, said mobile computing device including a data-store that the mobile computing device dynamically populates with network topology information comprising a plurality of network points of attachment said mobile computing device visits, said mobile computing device dynamically building said network topology information as said mobile computing device visits said network points of attachment, said mobile computing device interface-assisted listener employing said dynamically constructed network topology information to detect mobile computing device location, the interface-assisted listener maintaining the network topology information to assist it in deciding correct roam signaling, the listener, upon detecting that the mobile computing device has moved to a different network point of attachment, signaling a roam condition and if necessary prompting the mobile computing device to acquire or register an address usable on the current network segment.