Patent ID: 9137026
Filing Date: 2015-09-15
Classification: G06F,H04L,H04W

Abstract:
1. A method of seamlessly transitioning between telecommunications networks that provide a streaming service to a mobile device, wherein the mobile device is able to access the streaming service on two telecommunications networks, and wherein the streaming service is initially received at a first address, the method comprising: via a first telecommunications network, communicating a switch request from the mobile device to a connection session controller (CSC) to initiate a change in telecommunications networks for the streaming service, wherein the CSC redirects the streaming service from the first telecommunications network to a second telecommunications network, via a connection of access networks on an overall network of a telecommunications provider, wherein the first telecommunications network and the second telecommunications network utilize incompatible protocols, wherein the switch request is generated by a switching helper application configured on the mobile device, wherein each of the first telecommunications network and the second telecommunications network comprise an access services network and a connectivity services network, and wherein the CSC is a proxy server; communicating an acknowledgement of the switch request from the CSC to the switching helper application on the mobile device; via the second telecommunications network, communicating a completion request from the switching helper application on the mobile device to the CSC; incident to communicating the switch request, communicating a pause request from the CSC to a server streaming the streaming service to pause the streaming service; receiving an acknowledgement to the pause request from the server to pause the streaming service; incident to communicating a second address, communicating a resumption request from the CSC to the server to resume the streaming service; receiving the resumed streaming service; and forwarding the resumed streaming service to the mobile device at the second address; wherein communicating the acknowledgement of the switch request includes communicating a session identifier that identifies at least the streaming service and the server, wherein communicating the completion request includes communicating the session identifier and the second address, and wherein the second address is the address at which the streaming service can be received on the second telecommunications network; and receiving the streaming service at the mobile device via the second telecommunications network.