Patent ID: 9578552
Date: 2017-02-21
CPC Classifications: G06Q,H04W

Claim:
1. A method for proactively provisioning at least one Internet application service to a mobile communication terminal prior to a handover of said mobile communication terminal from one communication network access device to another communication network access device, comprising: receiving a signal indicating that the mobile communication terminal may be handed over within a given time t1>0 to a communication network access device other than a communication network access device currently providing service to said mobile communication terminal; in response to receiving said signal and prior to a handover operation being initiated, provisioning at the communication network access device to which said mobile communication terminal may be handed over, an association of the at least one Internet application service with said mobile communication terminal; whereby said at least one Internet application service is available for use by said mobile communication terminal at a communication network access device to which it is handed over immediately upon completion of the handover operation.