Patent ID: 8233934

Claim:
A method, comprising: transmitting an authentication message to signal service selection information via a first network to an authentication server of a second network, the service selection information indicating an access point, wherein the first and second networks are distinct, wherein the authentication message signals the service selection information via the first network to an authentication server of the second network; and using the service selection information to connect to at least one service provided over the access point indicated by the service selection information, selecting, using the service selection information, a gateway in the second network to connect to the first network; wherein the service selection information comprises at least one of an access point name parameter, a username, and a password, and wherein the at least one access point name parameter is encrypted in the authentication message so that the access point name parameter can be decrypted or read by an access server, and the user name and the password can only be decrypted at a network defined by the access point name parameter.