Patent ID: 8179911

Claim:
A system for handling calls using simulcasting of multimedia information via a gateway device communicatively coupled to a wide area network, the system comprising: at least one processor for use in an access device, the at least one processor arranged to communicate to the wide area network using at least one wireless interface of the access device, the at least one processor operable to, at least: associate the access device with the gateway device; communicate multimedia and call information with the wideband network using the at least one wireless interface; send, to the gateway device via the wide area network, a request to record the call information communicated during a call over the wide area network; receive, from the gateway device via the broadband network, acceptance of the request to record the call information, if resources needed for recording the call information communicated during the call are available; and receive, from the gateway device via the broadband network, rejection of the request to record the call information, if resources needed for recording the call information communicated during the call are not available.