Patent ID: 7606570
Filing Date: 2009-10-20
Classification: H04M,H04W

Abstract:
1. A system supporting mobile user access to multimedia information, the system comprising: a gateway communicatively coupled to a broadband network and at least one wireless interface, the gateway of selectively exchanging multimedia information among the at least one wireless interface and the broadband network, and of communicating with a plurality of access devices via the at least one wireless interface, at least a portion of the plurality of access devices also being capable of communication via a wireless wide area network; the at least a portion of the plurality of access devices of handing off multimedia communication from one of the wireless wide area network and the at least one wireless interface to the other; and the at least a portion of the plurality of access devices of notifying a user of a handoff of communication between the wireless wide area network and the at least one wireless interface.