Patent ID: 7912450
Filing Date: 2011-03-22
Classification: H04L,H04W

Abstract:
1. A method for communication service portability, comprising: extracting, at an endpoint, information from a user information module; detecting, at the endpoint, the presence of a wireless network with at least one mobile switching center and the presence of an enterprise network with at least one access point; identifying, at the endpoint, selection information for both the detected wireless network and the detected enterprise network; evaluating, at the endpoint, the selection information for both the detected wireless network and the detected enterprise network; selecting, at the endpoint, one of the detected wireless network and the detected enterprise network based on the evaluated selection information; generating, at the endpoint, a registration request for a user of the endpoint, the registration request containing the extracted information from the user information module; and transmitting the registration request from the endpoint to the selected one of the detected wireless network and the detected enterprise network.