Patent ID: 8914869

Claim:
A gateway system for implementing access to various media, comprising a processing device configured to: provide a communication link from the gateway system to a first network of a plurality of networks; generate a handover request according to status of the communication link from the gateway system to the first network of the plurality of networks; select a second network of the plurality of networks according to the handover request; generate information of the second network related to a handover from the first network to the second network; and establish a communication link from the gateway system to the second network according to the information of the second network; receive an access request from a second User Equipment, wherein the processing device is further configured to perform one of: (i) obtain and store first authentication information for accessing the second network from at least one User Equipment other than the second User Equipment that supports sharing of the authentication information, select second authentication information satisfying access requirements of the second User Equipment different from the at least one User Equipment from the stored first authentication information, according to the access request from the second User Equipment, and implement access from the second User Equipment to the second network, according to the selected second authentication information; or, (ii) forward the access request received from the second User Equipment to a first User Equipment of the at least one User Equipment that supports sharing of authentication information, wherein the first User Equipment includes the second authentication information for accessing the second network and has the ability of enabling access to the second network from the second User Equipment via the first User Equipment.