Patent ID: 8687567

Claim:
A method comprising: establishing, based on a first network address assigned to a user device configured to concurrently support multiple anchor points, a connection with a home anchor point that anchors the first network address, wherein the multiple anchor points support different requirements associated with applications, services, and resources; transmitting, from the user device to the home anchor point, a request identifying an application, a service, or a resource of the applications, services, and resources; receiving, by the user device via the home anchor point, a response to the request, which includes information that identifies an anchor point that supports one or more of the different requirements associated with the identified application, the identified service, or the identified resource; establishing, by the user device, a connection with the identified anchor point based on the information in the response; receiving, by the user device from the identified anchor point, an assignment of a second network address that is anchored by the identified anchor point; and accessing, by the user device, a server device with respect to the one or more of the different requirements associated with the identified application, the identified service, or the identified resource, via the identified anchor point using the second network address, and via the home anchor point with respect to one or more others of the different requirements associated with the identified application, the identified service, or the identified resource.