Regulating the scope of service geographically in wireless networks

A method of interacting with a user of a given access terminal, comprising:

• establishing a given communication service at the given access terminal;
• determining whether a location-based service restriction associated with a current mechanism of providing the given communication service is likely to negatively affect the user's experience with the given communication service;
• performing, based on the determining step, one or more of (i) initiating a hand off the given communication service to another mechanism capable of supporting the given communication session with a lesser degree of service restriction than the current mechanism, and (ii) informing the user of information related to the location-based service restriction.

A given access terminal configured to interact with a user, comprising:

• means for establishing a given communication service at the given access terminal;
• means for determining whether a location-based service restriction associated with a current mechanism of providing the given communication service is likely to negatively affect the user's experience with the given communication service;
• means for performing, based on the determination, one or more of (i) initiating a hand off the given communication service to another mechanism capable of supporting the given communication session with a lesser degree of service restriction than the current mechanism, and (ii) informing the user of information related to the location-based service restriction.

A given access terminal configured to interact with a user, comprising:

• logic configured to establish a given communication service at the given access terminal;
• logic configured to determine whether a location-based service restriction associated with a current mechanism of providing the given communication service is likely to negatively affect the user's experience with the given communication service;
• logic configured to perform, based on the determination, one or more of (i) initiating a hand off the given communication service to another mechanism capable of supporting the given communication session with a lesser degree of service restriction than the current mechanism, and (ii) informing the user of information related to the location-based service restriction.

A computer-readable storage medium comprising instructions, which, when executed by a given access terminal configured to interact with a user, cause the given access terminal to perform operations, the instructions comprising:

• program code to establish a given communication service at the given access terminal;
• program code to determine whether a location-based service restriction associated with a current mechanism of providing the given communication service is likely to negatively affect the user's experience with the given communication service;
• program code to perform, based on the determination, one or more of (i) initiating a hand off the given communication service to another mechanism capable of supporting the given communication session with a lesser degree of service restriction than the current mechanism, and (ii) informing the user of information related to the location-based service restriction.