Patent ID: 7136642

Claim:
A system enabling a first device operatively communicable with at least a primary wireless network to transmit a device query to a wireless device operatively communicable with the primary wireless network and at least a secondary wireless network, said system comprising: a host computer, operatively communicable with the primary wireless network, capable of receiving a query from the first device; a routing switch receiving the query from said host computer, retrieving a profile of the wireless device comprising network data characteristic of communication requirements associated with the primary wireless network and the secondary wireless network with which the wireless device is communicable, appending to the query a first transmission header characteristic of first communication requirements associated with the primary wireless network, transmitting the query and the first transmission header to the primary wireless network and, responsive to the profile after a predetermined number of transmission attempts in the primary wireless network, appending a second transmission header characteristic of second communication requirements associated with the secondary wireless network to the query in accordance with a communication protocol used by the secondary wireless network, and transmitting the query and the second transmission header to the secondary wireless network; and a switch operatively communicable with the secondary wireless network for receiving the query and the second transmission header transmitted by said routing switch, transmitting the query and at least a portion of the second transmission header to the wireless device via the secondary wireless network, and transmitting a query response from the wireless device to the first device.