Patent ID: 8730972

Claim:
A mobile communication device comprising: a secure channel driver operable to establish a secure tunnel with end-to-end encryption between the mobile communication device and a remote network via a wireless packet-switched (PS) network and to establish with the wireless PS network a quality of service associated with the secure tunnel, the secure tunnel operable to support multiple sockets opened therein; a first application operable to communicate with the remote network via a first socket operable from the secure channel driver within the secure tunnel and associated with a first quality of service; a second application operable to communicate with the remote network via a second socket operable from the secure channel driver within the secure tunnel and associated with a second quality of service, different from the first quality of service; a quality of service monitoring module, integrated with the secure channel driver and operable, responsive to a request to perform one of opening and closing a socket within the secure tunnel, to identify when a change to the quality of service associated with the secure tunnel is appropriate; and a quality of service modification module, integrated with the secure channel driver, operable to request the change to the quality of service associated with the secure tunnel from the wireless PS network when a change to the quality of service associated with the secure tunnel is appropriate.