Patent ID: 9258770
Filing Date: 2016-02-09
CPC Classification: H04W

Claim Text:
1. A computer-implemented method for providing an access point recommendation, the method comprising: receiving, from a plurality of reporting systems, access point reports for a plurality of access points associated with a plurality of networks, each access point report comprising information about an access point from the plurality of access points, wherein the information about each access point comprises payment requirement information and at least one of a location information, an average bandwidth, a peak bandwidth, a number of users connected, security settings information, or user rating information; calculating performance metrics for each access point of the plurality of access points based on a sum of a first weighted value of the payment requirement information and one or more second weighted values of the at least one of the location information, the average bandwidth, the peak bandwidth, the number of users connected, the security settings information, or the user rating; prioritizing the plurality of access points based on the access point reports and the performance metrics; and providing an access point recommendation to a client system based on the prioritization of the plurality of access points, wherein the providing comprises transmitting the access point recommendation to the client system over a network different than each of the plurality of networks, and wherein the access point recommendation comprises the payment requirement information for the plurality of access points.