Patent ID: 8180899

Claim:
A method implemented on a mobile device for binding one of a plurality of local interfaces of the mobile device to a specific IP address for reception of data via the Internet, comprising: determining whether one of the plurality of local interfaces of the mobile device is configured for the specific IP address; binding the one of the plurality of local interfaces to the specific IP address when it is determined that the one of the plurality of local interfaces is configured for the specific IP address; repeating the steps of determining whether one of the plurality of local interfaces is configured for the specific IP address until at least one of the plurality of interfaces is bound to the specific IP address or all of the plurality of local interfaces of the mobile device have been evaluated; selecting one of the plurality of local interfaces when none of the plurality of local interfaces of the mobile device has been bound to the specific IP address; determining whether the selected one of the plurality of local interfaces can be configured for the specific IP address; configuring the selected one of the plurality of local interfaces for the specific IP address when it is determined that the selected one of the plurality of local interfaces can be configured for the specific IP address; binding the selected one of the plurality of local interfaces to the specific IP address when it is determined that the selected one of the plurality of local interfaces can be configured for the specific IP address; repeating the steps of selecting one of the plurality of local interfaces and determining when the selected one of the plurality of local interfaces can be configured for the specific IP address until at least one of the plurality of local interfaces of the mobile device is bound to the specific IP address or all local interfaces of the mobile device have been evaluated; and indicating a failure to bind when none of the plurality of local interfaces of the mobile device is bound to the specific IP address.