Patent ID: 9237514
Filing Date: 2016-01-12
CPC Classification: H04L,H04M,H04W

Claim Text:
1. A method for connecting to an access point by a mobile computing device, the method comprising: determining all available access points for a present location of the mobile computing device; filtering out access points of the all available access points that do not comply with a predetermined security policy; making available for connection to the mobile computing device only those access points of the determined said all available access points that comply with the predetermined security policy; determining a signal profile for at least two of the only those access points that comply with the predetermined security policy; connecting the mobile computing device to one access point selected from the only those access points that said comply with the predetermined security policy and having a most desirable profile of the at least two determined signal profiles; locking a computing connection between the mobile computing device and the one access point, wherein said locking is performed by changing an appearance of competing access points; and maintaining the computing connection as the mobile computing device moves from the present location despite another access point having a presently stronger strength of signal.