Patent ID: 8782180

Claim:
A method for configuring a portable electronic device, the method comprising: in the portable electronic device: adaptably determining a suite of services desired for a portable electronic device including cellular telephony and Wireless Local Area Network (WLAN) Voice Over Internet Protocol (VOIP) telephony; determining one or more selectable sets of service providers for providing the determined suite of services, where each of the determined one or more selectable sets of service providers comprises one or more service providers; selecting a set of service providers from the determined one or more selectable sets of service providers to provide the determined suite of services, a first service provider supporting cellular telephony and a second service provider servicing WLAN VOIP telephony; configuring the portable electronic device to utilize the selected set of service providers to provide the determined suite of services; initiating cellular telephony via the first service provider identifying a change in operating environment; and ceasing the cellular telephony via the first service provider and initiating the WLAN VOIP telephony via the second service provider in response to an identified change in operating environment.