Patent ID: 6970443

Claim:
A method of automatically locating and connecting a wireless communications device to an Internet Protocol (IP) network, comprising the steps of: receiving an IP packet from a terminal on said network at a home agent; said home agent transmitting an access-request message to an authentication server, said access-request message comprising a destination IP address found in said IP packet; said authentication server responsively issuing an access-accept message to said home agent if said device is authorized to receive said IP packet, said access-accept message comprising information uniquely identifying said device; said home agent transmitting a query message to a home location register node on a Signaling System 7 network, said home location register node responsively replying to said home agent with location information for said device; paging said device via a wireless communications network; and in response to said page, said device initiating a connection via said wireless communications network to said IP network whereby said IP packet is transmitted to said device.