Patent ID: 9277494
Filing Date: 2016-03-01
CPC Classification: H04W

Claim Text:
1. A computing device for reducing a connection time to a wireless access point, the computing device comprising: wireless connection logging circuitry to record in a log stored on the computing device, wireless connection information for a plurality of wireless connections with one or more wireless access points, wherein the log comprises historical wireless connection information; analysis circuitry to calculate parameters based at least in part on the historical wireless connection information, wherein each parameter comprises a probability calculated based at least in part on the historical wireless connection information; prediction circuitry to (i) assign the probability calculated for each parameter to a different wireless connection of the plurality of wireless connections recorded in the log, and (ii) generate an ordered list of the one or more wireless access points to connect to at a desired time based at least in part on the parameters; wireless connection management circuitry to select a first wireless access point from the ordered list with which to attempt a connection; and wireless communication circuitry to send a probe frame to the selected first wireless access point.