Patent ID: 8837361

Claim:
A method comprising: receiving from a first mobile computing device, a request for a wireless association with an access point, said access point linked to a cable television network; receiving from a remote server connected to said cable television network a confirmation of an authorization for said mobile computing device to associate with said access point; and transmitting a signal from said mobile computing device by way of said access point over said cable television network; wherein said transmitting comprises transmitting a first signal from a first access point when said mobile computing device is in a range of said first access point, said first signal included in a stream of signals of a voice over IP communication, and further comprising transmitting a second signal in said stream of signals of said voice over IP communication, by way of a second access point over said cable network when said mobile computing device is in a range of said second access point; and wherein said authorization for said mobile computing device to associate with said first access point, comprises an authorization to associate with said first access point only for signals to be transmitted over said cable television network to said second access point.