Patent ID: 8155670

Claim:
A method in an access point, comprising: determining that a mobile device has crossed a wireless coverage area boundary associated with the access point; and selecting for transmission to the mobile device, an audible notification indicating the mobile device has crossed the wireless coverage boundary associated with the access point, said audible notification is stored at the access point in compressed form, prior to determining the mobile device has crossed the wireless coverage area boundary, determining that the mobile device has crossed the wireless coverage area boundary associated with the access point by receiving a request for a wireless communication session handoff for the mobile device between a network cell tower and the access point; accepting the wireless communication session handoff; transmitting the compressed audible notification to the mobile device responsive to accepting the wireless communication session handoff by establishing a wireless communication session with the mobile device; receiving a compressed audio stream from a service provider for transmission to the mobile device via the wireless communication session; and encoding the compressed audible notification within the compressed audio stream for transmission to the mobile device via the wireless communication session wherein encoding the compressed audible notification comprises selecting the compressed audible notification from the plurality of compressed audible notifications stored at the access point, replacing a segment of the compressed audio stream from the service provider with the selected compressed audible notification and transmitting the selected compressed audible notification to the wireless device within the compressed audio stream via the replaced segment of the compressed audio stream.