Patent ID: 8862904

Claim:
An apparatus, comprising: a network adapter configured for wireless communication using at least two disparate communication technologies based on distributed management of a plurality of shared hardware components, wherein the distributed management provides that each one of the at least two disparate communication technologies is associated with a corresponding Connectivity Utility (CU), wherein a first communication technology from the at least two disparate communication technologies is configured to send a message to a second communication technology from the at least two disparate communication technologies indicating that the first communication technology is to be turned ON and the second communication technology is to be turned OFF, and wherein, upon receipt of the message from the first communication technology, the second communication technology is configured to generate a notification to the corresponding CU indicating that said second communication technology is to be turned OFF, and responsive to the notification, the corresponding CU is configured to turn OFF the second communication technology, such that only the first communication technology is in the ON state at a given time to use the plurality of shared hardware component.