Patent ID: 7631105

Claim:
A method for use in a system comprising at least a first wireless access point that uses a first air interface protocol and a second wireless access point that uses a second air interface protocol, and a remote server system that is remotely coupled via an Internet to both the first and second wireless access points, wherein a mobile unit communicates via the Internet with the remote server system to facilitate a system-level handoff operation from the first wireless access point to the second wireless access point, and the mobile unit couples to the Internet using a first connection via the first wireless access point prior to the system-level handoff operation, the method comprising: determining whether the mobile unit is compatible with the second wireless access point; and if the determining indicates that further software is needed to make the mobile unit compatible with the second wireless access point, sending from the remote server system to the mobile unit one or more executable software modules to be loaded into the mobile unit and to be used to reconfigure the mobile unit to couple to the Internet using a second connection via the second wireless access point; wherein the sending is performed substantially just prior to and in anticipation of the system-level handoff operation.