Patent ID: 8897753

Claim:
A method for retrieving content by a wireless communication device having a first radio access interface for communication with a first access network and a second radio access interface for communication with a second access network, the method in the wireless communication device comprising: receiving a request for retrieval of content from a remote server; retrieving a first part of the requested content over a first radio access technology connection and via the first radio access interface and determining if the retrieval of the first part over the first radio access technology connection meets a required Quality of Service (QoS) threshold for the requested content; activating the second radio access interface when the retrieval of the first part of the requested content over the first radio access technology connection is determined not to meet the required QoS threshold; dividing, by the wireless communication device, a next part of the requested content to be retrieved into at least a first portion for retrieval over the first radio access technology connection and a second portion for retrieval over a second radio access technology connection and via the second radio access interface, wherein the first and second portions are selected such that retrieval of the first and second portions are estimated to meet the required QoS threshold; and retrieving simultaneously the first portion of the next part of the requested content over the first radio access technology connection and the second portion of the next part of the requested content over the second radio access technology connection.