Patent ID: 8311021

Claim:
A method comprising: detecting coverage of a first communications network by an apparatus and activating a first interface corresponding to the first communications network, wherein the first communications network comprises a local area network; deactivating the first interface and activating a second interface corresponding to a second communications network in an instance in which the apparatus is serviced by the second communications network even though the apparatus also remains in a coverage area of the first communications network, wherein the second communications network comprises a wide area network; entering a low power consumption mode supported by the second communications network upon activation of the second interface; deactivating the low power consumption mode and activating the first interface of the apparatus for facilitating communications with the first communications network in response to detecting, through the second interface, that at least one call or session is to be actuated with the apparatus via the first communications network; and directing transmission of a response through the second interface to the second communications network in response to the detecting that at least one call or session is to be actuated with the apparatus via the first communications network.