Patent ID: 7492873

Claim:
An application delivery system for delivering converged voice and data applications to a user thereof, comprising: a) a first communications network configured for conveying at least one of the application types: a voice application and a data application; b) a second communications network configured for conveying information and adapted for communication with at least one user device; c) at least one user device operatively connected to said second communications network and configured to at least receive voice and data from said second communications network thereby simultaneously establishing, respectively a voice session, a data session, and a voice/data session; d) a converging switch disposed between and operatively connected to said first and said second communication network, said converging switch configured and adapted to allow switching at least one of said voice session and said data session responsive to a condition, thereby preventing communication termination; and e) a controller operatively connected to said converging switch; whereby a user of said at least one user device may switch from one of said voice, data and voice/data sessions to another of said voice, data and voice/data session in response to a predetermined event.