Patent ID: 8086238

Claim:
A method for managing services for a mobile station by a network service provider comprising: receiving a first registration request at a registration node, the first registration request being associated with the mobile station; in response to receiving the first registration request, registering a first switching node as a first serving node for access by the mobile station to a first network at the registration node; receiving a second registration request at the registration node, the second registration request being associated with the mobile station; in response to receiving the second registration request, registering a second switching node as a second serving node for access by the mobile station to a second network at the registration node, wherein the first serving node and the second serving node are concurrently maintained; receiving a service request for providing a network service to the mobile station; and routing the service request to either the first switching node or the second switching node in accordance with routing rules associated with the mobile station stored in the registration node, the routing rules being configured by the network service provider, wherein the routing rules include a unique routing rule for a particular mobile station, the unique routing rule determining whether a particular service for the particular mobile station is to be routed to the first switching node, the second switching node, or the first switching node and the second switching node.