Automatically Determining and Alerting Users to Available Wireless Networks
First Claim
1. A method for a wireless device to automatically determine and alert a user to available wireless networks, the method comprising:
- automatically determining one or more wireless networks available to the wireless device at a first location;
determining if the wireless device has been present at the first location for more than a first threshold amount of time;
based on the wireless device being present at the first location for more than the first threshold amount of time, automatically presenting an alert to the user on a display of the wireless device, wherein the alert indicates at least a first wireless network of the one or more wireless networks at the first location.
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Abstract
Automatically determining and alerting a user to available wireless networks. Initially, the method may automatically determine that one or more wireless networks are available to a wireless device at a location. The method may determine if the wireless device has been present at the first location for more than a threshold amount of time, e.g., based on periodic determination of the available wireless networks to the wireless device. Based on the wireless device being present at the first location for more than the threshold amount of time, an alert may be automatically displayed to the user on a display of the wireless device. The alert may indicate at least one wireless network of the one or more wireless networks at the first location. The wireless device may connect to wireless network indicated by the alert in response to user input.
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20 Claims
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1. A method for a wireless device to automatically determine and alert a user to available wireless networks, the method comprising:
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automatically determining one or more wireless networks available to the wireless device at a first location; determining if the wireless device has been present at the first location for more than a first threshold amount of time; based on the wireless device being present at the first location for more than the first threshold amount of time, automatically presenting an alert to the user on a display of the wireless device, wherein the alert indicates at least a first wireless network of the one or more wireless networks at the first location. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A wireless device, the wireless device comprising:
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a user interface; a radio configured to perform communication using a first wireless communication technology; and device logic coupled to the radio and the user interface; wherein the device logic, the radio, and the user interface are configured to; periodically scan for wireless networks available to the wireless device; determine if one or more wireless networks are present for more than a first threshold of time; associate the one or more wireless networks with a first location; monitor length of time at the first location, wherein said monitoring length of time at the first location is based on the detected presence of the one or more wireless networks; determine if the length of time at the first location exceeds a second threshold of time; and provide an indication of at least one of the one or more wireless networks via the user interface based on the length of time at the first location exceeding the second threshold of time. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. A non-transitory, computer accessible memory medium storing program instructions, wherein when executed by a wireless device, the program instructions cause a wireless device to:
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automatically detect one or more wireless networks a plurality of times; apply a first criteria to the one or more wireless networks to produce a set of wireless networks that pass the first criteria; provide an alert to a user indicating at least one of the set of the wireless networks that pass the first criteria; and connect to a first wireless network of the at least one of the set of the wireless networks that pass the first criteria in response to user input. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20)
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