Patent ID: 7590708

Claim:
A wireless communication device to access a Wireless Local Area Network (WLAN) and a wireless cellular communication network, the device comprising: an application for transmitting a request to the wireless cellular communication network and receiving provisioning information in response to the request, wherein the provisioning information comprises parameters for establishing communication with at least one WLAN, wherein the provisioning information comprises selection criteria, and wherein the wireless communication device receives the provisioning information from the wireless cellular communication network; a preference database configured to receive the selection criteria while the device is in a packet data session with the wireless cellular communication network and further configure to store the selection criteria for selecting an access medium, the selection criteria including parameters instructing the device when to scan for WLAN access; a selector in communication with the preference database for enabling and disabling at least one access medium; and at least one access medium detector coupled to the selector and configured to actively scan to detect the at least one WLAN based on the provisioning information.