Patent ID: 8369831

Claim:
A communication device operable to communicate with a first communication network managed by a first service provider, a second communication network managed by a second service provider, and a security architecture within the first communication network, the first communication network including a first access point device that utilizes a first wireless communication standard, the second communication network including a second access point device that utilizes a second wireless communication standard, the communication device comprising: a user device having a secure identification processing system, the user device operable to gain authorized access to the first communication network by a first security challenge request received from the security architecture within the first communication network, where the secure identification processing system generates a first security response to the first security challenge request; and the user device operable to gain authorized access to the second communication network using, when access to the first communication network is available, a first authentication approach, and using, when access to the first communication network is not available, a second authentication approach, the first authentication approach comprising an exchange of a security voucher between the first communication network and the second communication network, the second authentication approach comprising a second security challenge request received from the second communication network, where the secure identification processing system generates a second security response to the second security challenge request.