Patent ID: 7646777

Claim:
A method for providing communication environment switchover, the method comprising: determining a received signal strength level corresponding to a signal sent from a first device and received at a second device, the received signal strength level being measured at the second device, the first device comprising a dual mode handset (DMH) and the second device comprising a wireless access point; and causing the first device to be re-provisioned, wherein causing the first device to be re- provisioned comprises, causing the first device to be re-provisioned to communicate in a second environment; if the first device is provisioned to communicate in a first environment, and if the received signal strength level is greater than a first threshold value; causing the first device to be re-provisioned to communicate in the first environment, if the first device is provisioned to communicate in the second environment, and if the received signal strength level is less than a second threshold value; or causing the first device to be re-provisioned when the second threshold value is less than the first threshold value.