Patent ID: 7970401
Filing Date: 2011-06-28
Classification: H04W

Abstract:
1. A method for associating a handoff address to a communication session, comprising: determining a first mobile phone establishes a first communication session and a second communication session in a first network, wherein the first communication session and the second communication session are concurrent communication sessions in the first network; determining a second mobile phone establishes a first communication session and a second communication session in the first network; associating a first handoff address with each of the first communication sessions of the first and second mobile phones and a second handoff address with each of the second communication sessions of the first and second mobile phones and wherein associating the first and second handoff addresses is according to a temporal order of establishment of the communication sessions; determining whether the first communication session of the first mobile phone terminates; associating the first handoff address with the second communication session of the first mobile phone when the first communication session with the first mobile phone terminates; disassociating the second handoff address from the second communication session of the first mobile phone when the first communication session with the first mobile phone terminates; determining whether the second communication session of the first mobile phone associated with the first handoff address terminates; and disassociating the first handoff address from the second communication session of the first mobile phone when the second communication session of the first mobile phone terminates.