Patent ID: 8224303

Claim:
A method for providing mobility of multimedia content delivered to a mobile communication device, wherein the mobile communication device is configured to receive multimedia content via a wireless broadcast network and a wireless access network, comprising the steps of: broadcasting multimedia content from a multimedia content source to the wireless broadcast network, wherein the wireless broadcast network is configured to deliver at least a portion of the multimedia content received thereby to the mobile communication device; transmitting by the multimedia content source at least a portion of the multimedia content broadcast to the wireless broadcast network to a control server coupled to the wireless broadcast network and the wireless access network, the control server storing the at least the portion of the multimedia content transmitted to the control server; and transmitting the stored at least the portion of the multimedia content transmitted to the control server to the wireless access network and initiating broadcasting of multimedia content from the multimedia content source to the wireless access network responsive to a request from the mobile communication device, wherein the wireless access network is configured to deliver at least a portion of the multimedia content received thereby to the mobile communication device, wherein the control server is configured to transfer the delivery of multimedia content to the mobile communication device between the wireless broadcast network and the wireless access network in response to receiving a transfer request from the mobile communication device.