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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Mar. 17, 2015

Filed:

Dec. 11, 2013
Applicant:

Sprint Communications Company L.p., Overland Park, KS (US);

Inventors:

Wen Xue, Overland Park, KS (US);

Suryanarayanan Ramamurthy, Olathe, KS (US);

Jay Douglas Cole, Overland Park, KS (US);

Assignee:

Sprint Communications Company L.P., Overland Park, KS (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04M 1/00 (2006.01); H04W 36/00 (2009.01); H04M 3/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 36/0022 (2013.01); H04M 3/00 (2013.01); H04W 36/00 (2013.01);
Abstract

Embodiments disclosed herein provide systems and methods to provide data session continuity between wireless networks. In a particular embodiment, a method provides receiving a request to create a data session for a wireless communication device exchanging communications with a wireless local area network via a wireless access point. The method further provides determining an access point identifier for the wireless access point and selecting a control system for a cellular communication network of a plurality of cellular communication networks based on the access point identifier. The method further provides anchoring the data session to the control system.


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