Patent ID: 8737349

Claim:
A method for providing handover convenience information support (HOCIS) to subscribers of a telecommunications network participating in a primary telecommunications process (PTCP), comprising: providing by a HOCIS module HOCIS information to any participating subscriber in a secondary telecommunications process (STCP) via a STCP network, wherein said HOCIS module does not require any handover related service information from the telecommunications network used by the PTCP, wherein said HOCIS module is neither part of or usable by the telecommunication network, said HOCIS module is subdivided into a Lo-module and a Hi-module, which cooperate with each other according to a selected participation structure of the STCP, in which a Lo-module supplies HOCIS information and transfers it over a STCP network, and a Hi-module interacts with said subscriber, and HOCIS information provides to said subscriber information relating to states of handovers in said PTCP so as to guide the subscriber through handovers in said PTCP in accordance with the participation structure, and wherein the method further comprises checking for the presence of a signal representing a handover of the PTCP, and in response to detection of said signal, initiating cooperation between said Lo-module and said Hi-module in accordance with said participation structure such that said Lo-module supplies said HOCIS information and transfers it over a STCP network, and said Hi-module receives said HOCIS information from said Lo-module and interacts with said subscriber through HOCIS information according to said selected participation structure; wherein HOCIS information is provided to all subscribers of the PTCP, wherein subscribers of the same PTCP process participate in different STCPs, and wherein a Hi-module is part of a mobile device.