Patent ID: 9148784
Filing Date: 2015-09-29
Classification: H04W

Abstract:
1. A method of operating a first communication network to facilitate a communication handoff for a wireless communication device comprising: receiving, in the first communication network, a request for authorization from the wireless communication device to communicate with the first communication network; in response to receiving the request, authorizing, by the first communication network, the wireless communication device to communicate with the first communication network based on a first security key; receiving, in the first communication network, an identifier for a second communication network from the wireless communication device; identifying, by the first communication network, a second security key, wherein the wireless communication device has been authorized to communicate, based on the second security key, with the second communication network; and integrating, by the first communication network, the second security key with the first security key to facilitate communication between the wireless communication device and a server over the first communication network.