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Systems and methods for establishing wireless connections based on access conditions

  • US 9,826,464 B2
  • Filed: 03/25/2014
  • Issued: 11/21/2017
  • Est. Priority Date: 03/26/2013
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A method for managing alternative network access implemented by a mobile device, the method comprising:

  • downloading, from a remote server, information for one or more access points within a geographical vicinity of a location, wherein the information comprises simple terms and conditions (TCs), wherein the simple TCs comprise one or more parameters including a price that is acceptable under all circumstances until the mobile device can connect to the remote server to download complex TCs, and wherein each of the complex TCs comprises a plurality of parameters, which are greater in number than the one or more parameters in the simple TCs, and wherein the plurality of parameters in each of the complex TCs comprise a price for utilizing an access point;

    determining to establish a connection with at least one of the one or more access points, based on at least the one or more parameters in the simple TCs;

    based on the determination, establishing the connection with the at least one access point, in accordance with the simple TCs, for at least a minimum time period determined from the simple TCs; and

    ,subsequent to the establishment of the connection and during the minimum time period, downloading the complex TCs from the remote server over the connection with the at least one access point, and determining whether to continue the connection with the at least one access point, beyond the minimum time period, based on the plurality of parameters in the downloaded complex TCs.

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