Patent ID: 9326232
Filing Date: 2016-04-26
CPC Classification: H04W

Claim Text:
1. A method to connect a mobile device to a network, the method comprising: determining whether there is an authenticated access point accessible to a mobile device through a local wireless communication protocol; if there is no authenticated access point accessible to the mobile device through a local wireless communication protocol, determining whether there is a non-authenticated access point whose capacity is over a predetermined value and which is accessible to the mobile device through a local wireless communication protocol; if there is no authenticated access point accessible to the mobile device through a local wireless communication protocol and there is a non-authenticated wireless access point whose capacity is over the predetermined value and which is accessible to the mobile device through a local wireless communication protocol, instructing the mobile device to connect to a local area network via wireless communication with the non-authenticated access point; and initiating a virtual private network (VPN) with the mobile device connected to the network via wireless communication with the non-authenticated access point.