Patent ID: 8443109

Claim:
A method of operating a wireless communication system comprising: in a first base station, wirelessly transmitting media to a first communication device for a communication session; handing off the communication session from the first base station to a second base station; in the second base station, wirelessly transmitting the media to the first communication device for the communication session; in the second base station and in response to the hand-off, selecting a second communication device based on a type of the media, identifying media formatting options for the second communication device, and transmitting a prompt comprising the media formatting options to the first communication device to transfer the communication session to the second communication device; and in the second base station, receiving a user instruction from the first communication device comprising a selection from among the media formatting options to transfer the communication session to the second communication device, and in response, transmitting the media in a selected media format to the second communication device for the communication session.