Patent ID: 9179296
Filing Date: 2015-11-03
Classification: H04L,H04N,H04W

Abstract:
1. A system for communication between a mobile operator network and a plurality of wireless communication devices in a venue, each of the plurality of wireless communication devices having a network transceiver to permit cellular network communication with a mobile operator network and a non-network transceiver, comprising: a plurality of wireless access points distributed within the venue with ones of the plurality of wireless access points configured to establish communication links with the non-network transceivers of the plurality of wireless communication devices in the venue; a server associated with the venue; a routing infrastructure configured to communicatively couple the plurality of wireless access points to the server; and a communication transfer point communicatively coupled to the server and coupled to the mobile operator network via a communication link, the communication transfer point being configured to provide an offloaded communication link between the mobile operator network and a selected one of the plurality of wireless communication devices in the venue to thereby switch communication traffic away from the cellular network and to provide offloaded communications between the selected wireless communication device in the venue and the mobile operator network without using the cellular network; wherein the server is configured to route the communications between the communication transfer point and any of the plurality of wireless access points having an established a communication link with the non-network transceiver of the selected wireless communication device in the venue.