Patent ID: 7940722

Claim:
A method for selecting a network for an application used in a network environment, comprising: receiving data, at a server, associated with a first network; receiving data, at the server, associated with a second network; receiving data, at the server, associated with a plurality of applications associated with an access terminal, wherein the access terminal is assigned a first IP address to communicate via the first network and a second IP address to communicate via the second network; generating a policy document, at the server, wherein the policy document associates a first application of the plurality of applications with the first network and a second application of the plurality of applications with the second network based on the data associated with the first network, the data associated with the second network, and the data associated with a plurality of applications associated with the access terminal; and sending the policy document, from the server, to the access terminal, wherein the policy document instructs the access terminal to use the first IP address to communicate via the first network for the first application and the second IP address to communicate via the second network for the second application.