Patent ID: 9374775
Filing Date: 2016-06-21
CPC Classification: H04W

Claim Text:
1. A method for providing location-aware WiFi access for a mobile communication device, the method comprising: receiving, at the mobile communication device, one or more respective locations and one or more respective wireless ranges for a first set of one or more WiFi access points from a WiFi location provider system; determining, at the mobile communication device, whether a current location of the mobile communication device is within one or more respective wireless ranges of one or more WiFi access points in the first set of one or more WiFi access points; when it is determined that the current location of the mobile communication device is not within any wireless range of any of the WiFi access points in the first set, keeping a WiFi transceiver powered off; when it is determined that the mobile communication device is moving at a velocity that meets a threshold, keeping the WiFi transceiver powered off; when it is determined i) that the current location of the mobile communication device is within one or more respective wireless ranges of one or more respective WiFi access points in the first set, and ii) that the mobile communication device is moving at a velocity below the threshold,