Patent ID: 8811502

Claim:
A system comprising a mobile device that is configured to communicate with a base station and with an access point that is installed in a residence/office; the mobile device comprising a processor that is configured to control the mobile device to perform operations comprising: communicating with the access point and with the base station in order to provide a make before break connection in handing-over from the base station to the access point or from the access point to the base station; and preferentially communicating with the access point when proximate thereto and refrain from communicating with the base station when proximate to the access point even though the mobile device is able to communicate with the base station when proximate to the access point, wherein the operations further comprise: preferentially communicating with a first access point responsive to an identity of the mobile device; and refraining from communicating with a second access point responsive to the identity of the mobile device.