Technique for managing wireless networks
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1. A method for managing network connectivity on a device, the method being performed by one or more processors of the device and comprising:
- at multiple instances in a given duration in which the device is operational and not connected to a wireless local area network, determining an identifier of each wireless local area network that is available at a given location, wherein determining the identifier is performed without attempting to connect to any available wireless local area network at the given location;
maintaining a list of identifiers for wireless local area networks that the device has connected to on one or more previous occasions;
sorting the list of identifiers based at least in part on either (i) a most recently used prioritization scheme or (ii) a most commonly used prioritization scheme;
making a determination as to whether each determined identifier of one or more network identifiers are known to the device, wherein making a determination includes comparing each determined identifier to the list of identifiers; and
in response to the determination that at least one of the determined identifiers is known to the device, connecting to an available wireless local area network having the identifier that is known to the device, without first attempting to connect to any other available wireless local area network;
in response to the determination that none of the determined identifiers are known to the device, prompting the user to perform an action for connecting to a new available wireless local area network having the identifier that is not known, without first attempting to connect to any wireless local area network.
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Abstract
Network connectivity may be managed on a computing device. An identifier of each wireless access point or network that is available at a given location is determined. The identifier determined without the device attempting to connect to any available wireless access point or network at the given location. Each determined identifier is compared to one or more network identifiers that are known to the device. The device connects to an available wireless access point having the identifier that is known and detected.
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1. A method for managing network connectivity on a device, the method being performed by one or more processors of the device and comprising:
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at multiple instances in a given duration in which the device is operational and not connected to a wireless local area network, determining an identifier of each wireless local area network that is available at a given location, wherein determining the identifier is performed without attempting to connect to any available wireless local area network at the given location; maintaining a list of identifiers for wireless local area networks that the device has connected to on one or more previous occasions; sorting the list of identifiers based at least in part on either (i) a most recently used prioritization scheme or (ii) a most commonly used prioritization scheme; making a determination as to whether each determined identifier of one or more network identifiers are known to the device, wherein making a determination includes comparing each determined identifier to the list of identifiers; and in response to the determination that at least one of the determined identifiers is known to the device, connecting to an available wireless local area network having the identifier that is known to the device, without first attempting to connect to any other available wireless local area network; in response to the determination that none of the determined identifiers are known to the device, prompting the user to perform an action for connecting to a new available wireless local area network having the identifier that is not known, without first attempting to connect to any wireless local area network. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5)
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6. A method for managing network connectivity on a device, the method being performed by one or more processors of the device and comprising:
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at multiple instances in a given duration in which the device is operational and not connected to a wireless local area network, determining an identifier of each wireless local area network that is available at a given location, wherein determining the identifier is performed without attempting to connect to any available wireless local area network at the given location; comparing each determined identifier to one or more network identifiers that are known to the device, the one or more network identifiers that are known to the device being stored in a list of identifiers that the device has connected to on one or more previous occasions; sorting the list of identifiers based at least in part on either (i) a most recently used prioritization scheme or (ii) a most commonly used prioritization scheme; and when the identifier of each available wireless local area network is not known to the device, prompting the user to perform an action to establish a connection with the available wireless local area network, wherein the user is prompted to perform the action without the device first attempting to connect to any of the available wireless local area networks, when the identifier of each available wireless local area network is known to the device, selecting to connect to an available wireless local area network having the identifier that is known to the device. - View Dependent Claims (7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. A method for managing network connectivity on a device, the method being performed by one or more processors of the device and comprising:
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at multiple instances in a given duration in which the device is operational and not connected to a wireless local area network, determining an identifier of each wireless local area network that is available at a given location, wherein determining the identifier is performed without attempting to connect to any available wireless local area network at the given location; maintaining a list of identifiers for wireless local area networks that the device has connected to on one or more previous occasions; sorting the list of identifiers based at least in part on either (i) a most recently used prioritization scheme or (ii) a most commonly used prioritization scheme; making a determination as to whether each determined identifier to one or more network identifiers are known to the device, wherein making a determination includes comparing each determined identifier to the list of identifiers; in response to the determination that at least one of the determined identifiers are known to the device, presenting, to a user, a feature for enabling the user to trigger the device in connecting to the available wireless local area network having the identifier that is one of the one or more network identifiers that are known to the device, wherein presenting the feature to the user is performed without the device first attempting to connect to any wireless local area network; and in response to the determination that none of the determined identifiers are known to the device, presenting, to a user, a feature for enabling the user to trigger the device in connecting to a new available wireless local area network having an identifier that is not known to the device, wherein presenting the feature to the user is performed without the device first attempting to connect to any wireless local area network. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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