Patent ID: 8478320

Claim:
A mobile station, comprising: user interface circuitry, a memory that stores program modules for operating of the mobile station, program modules of value-enhancing applications, an air interface module; a processor that is coupled to said user interface and to said memory, and a radio access technology module interposed between said processor and said air interface, where the radio access technology module comprises a plurality of sub-modules, each constructed to interact with a radio access network pursuant to a different set of specifications; said memory further including a first module, interacting with said processor, that is instrumental in receiving and storing information in said memory from a wireless access network pertaining to network resources that may be employed by said mobile station, and a second module, interacting with said processor, that is instrumental in choosing, for each application of said value-enhancing applications that is requested by said user interface circuitry to be activated, based on said information that is stored by said first module, which sub-module of said sub-modules is used for communicating with said radio access network.