Patent ID: 7715432

Claim:
An end point device that selectively communicates with a first access point and a second access point, the first access point managing communications using a first protocol, the second access point managing communications using a second protocol, the first protocol being communicatively incompatible with the second protocol, the end point device comprising: a primary protocol stack comprising at least a first application layer, a first intermediate layer and a first physical layer, the first physical layer supporting packet data communication with the first access point using the first protocol; a secondary protocol stack comprising at least a second intermediate layer and a second physical layer, the second physical layer supporting packet data communication with the second access point using the second protocol; the first application layer of the primary protocol stack establishing a communication session via a first communication pathway that flows between the first application layer to the first access point and through the first intermediate layer and the first physical layer, the communication session having at least one session parameter identified during the establishment of the communication session; and a processing circuitry, in response to a change in a communication characteristic, reroutes the communication flow by providing a bridge between the first intermediate layer and the second intermediate layer to establish a second communication pathway between the first application layer and the second access point via the first intermediate layer, the second intermediate layer and the second physical layer while maintaining the at least one session parameter.