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System and method for matching capabilities of access points with those required by an application

  • US 8,339,990 B1
  • Filed: 09/21/2007
  • Issued: 12/25/2012
  • Est. Priority Date: 09/23/2006
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method of responding to a request to access a network, the method comprising:

  • receiving data from a global positioning system (GPS) device from a moving vehicle based on substantially current conditions of the vehicle, the data including at least one characteristic;

    identifying at least one characteristic of the moving vehicle, the at least one characteristic including a predicted road segment;

    identifying a correspondence between the predicted road segment and at least one entry in a database, the at least one entry in the database comprising a plurality of types of wireless network access previously identified by a plurality of moving vehicles; and

    selecting at least one of the plurality of types of wireless network access to attempt to access responsive to the entry having the correspondence identified.

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