Patent ID: 7274941
Filing Date: 2007-09-25
Classification: H04L,H04W

Abstract:
1. A method for switching information services, the method comprising the steps of: determining whether a location of a mobile device is within a coverage region of a first information service; and redirecting one or more communications for the first information service to a second information service when the location of the mobile device is not within a coverage region of the first information service, wherein the one or more communications are from an application and wherein the step of redirecting one or more communications further comprises the step of redirecting the one or more communications for the first information service to a second information service by binding the application to a new information service, and wherein the step of redirecting the one or more communications for the first information service to a second information service by binding the application to a new information service further comprises the step of placing a new reference to a new service adapter in a service proxy, the new service adapter accessing the second information service, the new reference replacing an old reference, the old reference referencing an old service adapter accessing the first information service.