Patent ID: 8274970

Claim:
A communication device comprising: a user interface; a plurality of communication interfaces; and processing circuitry communicatively coupled to the user interface and to the plurality of communication interfaces, the processing circuitry operable to: identify a wireless communication pathway serviced by the plurality of communication interfaces and a wired communication pathway serviced by the plurality of communication interfaces; perform an analysis of the wireless communication pathway and the wired communication pathway to determine a first service characteristic of the wireless communication pathway and a second service characteristic of the wired communication pathway, serviced by the plurality of communication interfaces; automatically and without user input, establish a media session for communicating media other than voice with a remotely located terminal via the wireless communication pathway based on the first service characteristic and the second service characteristic; repeat the analysis of the wireless communication pathway and the wired communication pathway to determine an additional first service characteristic and an additional second service characteristic; and automatically and without user input, transfer service of the media session from the wireless communication pathway to the wired communication pathway based on the additional first service characteristic and the additional second service characteristic; wherein each of the first service characteristic and the second service characteristic comprises a media quality provided by the respective communication pathway.