Patent ID: 8909134

Claim:
A relay device comprising: a processor; a communication interface for communicating with at least a first relay and a second relay, the first relay for relaying messages to a service device; and, a plurality of connection objects, including at least a first connection object for relaying first messages to the first relay, a second connection object for relaying second messages to the second relay, and a third connection object for receiving third messages from the first relay, the third messages including service messages, from the service device, intended to cause a communications device to connect with the service device via the first relay, the processor enabled to: receive a service roaming indication that the service device has roamed from the first relay to the second relay; and, in response to receiving the service roaming indication: communicate only with the first connection object and the third connection object to reroute the first messages associated with the service device to the second relay, and delete the service messages.