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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 01, 2013
Filed:
Aug. 07, 2009
Jeremy R. Breau, Leawood, KS (US);
Robert C. Pippert, Lenexa, KS (US);
Charles Brent Hirschman, Overland Park, KS (US);
Jeremy R. Breau, Leawood, KS (US);
Robert C. Pippert, Lenexa, KS (US);
Charles Brent Hirschman, Overland Park, KS (US);
Sprint Communications Company L.P., Overland Park, KS (US);
Abstract
A method of assigning a single packet address to a wireless communication device in a communication system comprising a first wireless network and a second wireless network comprises, in the wireless communication device, transferring a first network service request to a router in the first wireless network, wherein the first network service request includes a first network user identifier; in the router, transferring an authorization request to an authorization system, wherein the authorization request includes the first network user identifier; in the authorization system, determining whether the wireless communication device associated with the first network user identifier comprises dual-mode functionality, and determining whether a session for the second wireless network exists based on the first network user identifier; and in the router, transferring a first network service response to the wireless communication device, wherein the first network service response includes a packet address for the second wireless network.