Patent ID: 7890099
Filing Date: 2011-02-15
Classification: H04L,H04M,H04W

Abstract:
1. A method of integrating a licensed wireless system and an unlicensed wireless system, said unlicensed wireless system comprising particular unlicensed wireless base station and an unlicensed wireless system server connected via Internet, the method comprising: establishing a communication session with a subscriber device using the unlicensed wireless system servicing an unlicensed wireless system service area, wherein said subscriber device communicates wirelessly with said particular unlicensed wireless base station; receiving an indication that said subscriber device is moving from said unlicensed wireless system service area into a licensed wireless system service area; receiving at the unlicensed wireless system server a request to transition from the unlicensed wireless system to the licensed wireless system, said request going from the particular unlicensed wireless base station to the unlicensed wireless system server via the Internet, said request triggering a command from the licensed wireless system to transition from the unlicensed wireless system to the licensed wireless system, wherein the unlicensed wireless system server is communicatively coupled via the Internet to multiple unlicensed wireless base stations that serve multiple unlicensed wireless system service areas, in order to communicatively couple the licensed wireless system to the unlicensed wireless base stations, wherein the Internet is a worldwide network of networks; initiating a transition from the unlicensed wireless system to the licensed wireless system; and without disrupting said communication session, automatically transitioning said communication session from said unlicensed wireless system to said licensed wireless system servicing said licensed wireless system service area.