A DEVICE, SYSTEM, METHOD AND COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM FOR ATTACHING TO A DEVICE IDENTIFITED BY AN ACCESS POINT NAME IN A WIDE AREA NETWORK PROVIDING PARTICULAR SERVICES

摘要

A device, method, system and computer readable medium allows for simultaneously attaching multiple APNs in a WAN, having a cellular network, to a short distance wireless network. In an embodiment of the present invention, a device, such as a cellular telephone, includes a processor and memory to store a software component for simultaneously attaching to multiple APNs providing services to a short distance wireless network responsive to a terminal in the short distance wireless network communicating with the device. In an embodiment of the present invention, the communicating includes receiving a short-range radio message (901) including a destination address, such as an IP address and port number (902), identifying the selected APN (903).