Patent ID: 7539490

Claim:
A wireless transceiver network capable of accommodating transfers of a communication device with a wide area network, the wireless transceiver network, comprising: a. a plurality of access points configured to communicate wirelessly with the communication device; and b. a controller coupled to the plurality of access points, the controller comprising: i. a detection module configured to detect the communication device entering the wireless transceiver network by detecting when the communication device is within a first predetermined proximity of any of the plurality of access points; ii. an association module configured to authenticate and associate the communication device with the wireless transceiver network; and iii. a wide area network information module configured to receive wide area network servicing base station information servicing the communication device when the communication device enters the wireless transceiver network from the communication device when the communication device enters the wireless transceiver network; and iv. a delivery module configured to, upon the communication device or another communication device exiting the wireless transceiver network, deliver the wide area network base station information received from the communication device when the communication device entered the wireless transceiver network to the wireless communication device or the another communication device.