Patent ID: 9026172
Filing Date: 2015-05-05
Classification: H04L,H04W

Abstract:
1. A method of managing transports at a mobile electronic device, the method comprising: maintaining a plurality of transport preferences in a memory of the mobile electronic device, the transport preferences including an identifier of a preferred transport, and one of the plurality of transport preferences being maintained in association with a flag marking it as the active transport preference, the preferred transport being one of a Wireless Local Area Network transport and a mobile transport; monitoring available transports, wherein an available transport comprises a transport over which a link to the mobile electronic device has been established; selecting a transport for use based on the plurality of transport preferences and the available transports; responsive to selecting the transport, controlling a display device of the mobile electronic device to generate a representation comprising an identification of a selected transport; receiving a call indication; and sending an instruction from the mobile electronic device addressed to a session management platform (SMP) server, comprising a parameter including a name of the selected transport, for instructing the SMP server to set up the call using the selected transport.