Patent ID: 6917611
Filing Date: 2005-07-12
Classification: H04L,H04W

Abstract:
1. A method in a communication system including a mobile station (MS) capable of communicating through both a wireless connection and a wired connection, the method for switching an ongoing communication of user information between the wireless connection and the wired connection, the method comprising the steps of: establishing, between the MS and a communication device coupled to the communication system, a first one of the wireless connection and the wired connection, the wired connection existing through a wired local area network (LAN); communicating a first portion of the user information between the MS and the communication device through said first one of the wireless connection and the wired connection; subsequently establishing, between the MS and the communication device a second one of the wireless connection and the wired connection, said second one different from said first one; and communicating a second portion of the user information through said second one of the wireless connection and the wired connection.