Handover proactive association provisioning support method and system

摘要

A method and system is provided that supports minimizing handover times of netsurfing smartphones controlled by home Internet Access Devices (IADs) to shared IADs and optimizing earnings from these shared devices. The shared services are provisionable right at the handovers. Any shared IAD can implement an automatic auction of its service capacity controlled by a clearing system. The shared IADx automatically generates lucrative clicks on services of location based Internet-apps issued by Ayz passing through shared IADx's reach. Several such provisioning systems may run concurrently, thus enabling high flexibility as to instant and local/regional system restructuring, e.g. on behalf of pricing strategy adaptations and/or version control. The application of the invention needs no change of the networks between which the above described pre-HO support of their HOs/MHOs shall be performed, i.e. it may work on top of all networks between which HOs or MHOs may be executed.

主权项

1. A method for proactively provisioning at least one Internet application service to a user of a netsurfing system prior to a handover of said netsurfing system from one communication network access device to another communication network access device, comprising:
checking for a signal indicating that the netsurfing system may be handed over within a given time t1>0 to a communication network access device other than a communication network access device currently providing service to said netsurfing system; in response to receiving said signal, establishing at the communication network access device to which said netsurfing system may be handed over, an association of the at least one Internet application service with said netsurfing system; whereby said at least one Internet application service is available for use by said netsurfing system at a communication network access device to which it is handed over immediately upon completion of the handover operation.