Patent ID: 7035932

Claim:
A method of processing in a network server, comprising the steps of: receiving from a remote mobile client a representation of a geographical location, said representation being transmitted at least partially via a packet switched communication network at a transport layer or above by communicating with a first wireless network access point at a lower layer using a first air interface protocol; sending to said remote mobile client an indication of a second air interface protocol and a set of parameters for use in accessing a second wireless network access point using said second air interface protocol; and sending to said second wireless network access point an indication of said remote mobile client and a code requesting said second wireless network access point to provide wireless access to said remote client; wherein the server method is implemented to centrally manage a roaming operation for the remote mobile client and the remote mobile client can perform application layer, client-server interactions with a network application server when coupled to the first wireless access point and later when coupled to the second access point.