Patent ID: 8412202
Filing Date: 2013-04-02
Classification: H04L,H04W

Abstract:
1. A method for accessing a service from a user's terminal via a heterogeneous network in which several types of access are available, comprising the following steps: upon reception of a request for accessing the service, of a list of identifiers of accesses visible from the user terminal and of criteria for selecting and ranking the identifiers of accesses visible from the user terminal, sent by the user terminal, selection, by an access-selection server of an access of the heterogeneous network for the user terminal, said access-selection step comprising a step of reserving resources from the selected access; and sending by the access-selection server of a selected access identifier to the user terminal; wherein the access-selection step further comprises a step of ranking the list of the access identifiers provided by the user terminal on the basis of information provided by the user terminal and dynamic information obtained by learning concerning the characteristics of previous access requests provided by a local database; wherein the access-selection step further comprises: