Patent Document ID: 20130176894
Application ID: 13345617
Patent Status: 0

Claim One:
1. A modem for use at a terminal, the modem comprising: first interface apparatus comprising a first wireless transceiver arranged to connect to a wireless cellular network; second interface apparatus arranged to connect to the terminal; and processing apparatus configured to perform operations of a wireless cellular modem so as to enable the terminal to access a further, packet-based network via the second interface apparatus, the first interface apparatus and access points of the wireless cellular network, each access point having a respective name; wherein the processing apparatus is configured to receive a modem command from the terminal via the second interface apparatus, the modem command comprising a field for specifying the name of one of said access points in the form of a text string; wherein said field comprises the names a plurality of said access points and one or more separator characters between each of the names in the field; and wherein the processing apparatus is configured to extract each of the names of said plurality of access points from said field based on the one or more separator characters, and to establish a different respective channel with each of said plurality of access points based on the names extracted from the field.