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Auto configuration of portable computers for use in wireless local area networks

  • US 7,103,661 B2
  • Filed: 03/09/2001
  • Issued: 09/05/2006
  • Est. Priority Date: 07/12/2000
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A software-implemented method of configuring a computer to associate with one or more wireless networks through a corresponding wireless communication link, comprising:

  • creating a plurality of computer profiles for connection to at least one of the wireless networks, wherein each of the plurality of computer profiles includes a network identifier corresponding to a different wireless network;

    using at least one of the plurality of computer profiles to cause the computer to recognize the at least one of the wireless networks;

    creating the wireless communication link between the computer and the at least one of the wireless networks;

    associating each computer profile with a wireless network based on a priority value until there is a successful association or a list of profiles is exhausted, incrementing a counter associated with a selected computer profile each time that computer profile is matched to a network of the one or more wireless network; and

    utilizing a computer value to prioritize subsequent associations of the plurality of computer profile and the one or more wireless networks.

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