Patent ID: 7634294

Claim:
A multimode access network server (MANS), comprising: a controller that manages operations of a communications interface that communicates with multimode communication devices (MCDs) in a communication system, wherein the controller is programmed to: receive from an MCD status information associated with a plurality of wireless access points (WAPs), each WAP operating according to a disparate wireless access technology; receive from a web portal one or more preferences of selecting WAPs; determine with the MCD a coordination plan for transmitting partitioned content by way of at least two of the WAPs according to the one or more preferences for selecting WAPs; partition content according to the coordination plan; and transmit the partitioned content to the MCD by way of at least two of the WAPs selected according to the coordination plan, wherein the one or more preferences comprise at least one among a time of day for selecting WAPs, selecting WAPs according to a content type, selecting WAPs according to a content source, and selecting WAPs according to one or more communication features of the MCD.