Method and apparatus for persistent connections to a device through the use of multiple physical network connections and connection hand-offs between multiple bands, modes and networks

A computer-readable storage medium storing instructions for executing a method for communicating between an originating computing device and a destination computing device comprising:

• maintaining a first connection between said originating device and a network operations center using a first network operating using a first protocol;
• maintaining a second connection between said network operations center and said destination device using a second network operating under a second protocol;
• communicating data to said network operations center using said first protocol via said first network;
• translating said data to a second protocol, said translating performed at said network operations center;
• communicating said translated data from said network operations center to said destination device in said second protocol using said second network operating under said second protocol;
• maintaining a third connection between said originating device and said network operations center using a third network operating under a third protocol;
• and
• when said first connection fails, communicating said data to said destination device using said third protocol via said third network;
• wherein said first connection fails when a capacity of said first connection decreases below a threshold, and wherein a capacity of said data over said failed first connection is above the threshold.

A computing system for communicating between an originating computing device and a destination device comprising:

• a processor;
• and a memory communicatively coupled to said processor, wherein said processor controls a first component that maintains a first connection between said originating device and a first border server at a network operations center using a first network operating under a first protocol,
• wherein said processor controls a second component that maintains a second connection between said first border server and said destination device using a second network operating under a second protocol;
• wherein said processor controls a third component that communicates data between said destination device and said first border server using said first protocol via said first network;
• wherein said processor controls a fourth component that translates said data from said first protocol to said second protocol;
• wherein the processor controls a fifth component that communicates said data said between a server at the network operations center and said destination device in said second protocol using said second network operating under said second protocol;
• wherein said processor controls a sixth component that maintains a third connection between said originating device and a second border server at said network operations center using a third network operating under a third protocol;
• and
• wherein said processor controls a seventh component that, when said first connection fails, communicates said data between said destination device and said second border server using said third protocol via said third network,
• wherein said processor controls said plurality of components based upon information retrieved from said memory;
• wherein said first connection fails when a capacity of said first connection decreases below a threshold, and wherein a capacity of said data over said failed first connection is above the threshold.