Patent ID: 8553528

Claim:
An apparatus for connecting at least one electronic device to a telecommunication network comprising a fixed telecommunication network and a mobile telecommunication network, said telecommunication network supporting a plurality of services, the apparatus comprising: connecting means for connecting said at least one electronic device; a first interface able to exchange data/voice with said fixed telecommunication network according to one or more of said plurality of services; a second interface able to exchange data/voice with said mobile telecommunication network according to one or more of said plurality of services; a connection manager for establishing a communication: between said connecting means and said first interface, or between said connecting means and said second interface, or between said connecting means and both said first interface and said second interface; and, control means in signal communication with said connection manager and able to generate a control signal to control said connection manager, so as to determine an exchange of data/voice between the electronic device connected to said connecting means and: the fixed telecommunication network, or the mobile telecommunication network, or the fixed telecommunication network for a first subset of said plurality of services and the mobile telecommunication network for a second subset of said plurality of services, wherein upon detection of failure of a communication established between the first interface and the fixed telecommunication network, said connection manager is configured to perform at least one of the following: establish a communication between said connecting means and the second interface such that any data/voice service of the plurality of services that was being provided by the fixed telecommunication network is now provided by the mobile telecommunications network; or for a first service of the plurality of services, establish a communication between said connecting means and the second interface such that any data/voice of the first service of the plurality of services that was being provided by the fixed telecommunication network is now provided by the mobile telecommunications network; and maintain the communication between said connecting means and the first interface for every other service of the plurality of services except the first service, and said every other service of the plurality of services is served by the fixed telecommunication network.