Patent ID: 9455878
Filing Date: 2016-09-27
CPC Classification: H04L,H04W

Claim Text:
1. A method for speeding up network identification, the method comprising: generating, by an appliance, a first service set identifier for a first network hosted by the appliance, wherein at least a first portion of the generated first service set identifier matches at least a second portion of a first basic service set identifier associated with the appliance; receiving, by a computing device, identification data for each of a plurality of networks, wherein the identification data for each of the plurality of networks comprises a service set identifier and a basic service set identifier for such network, and wherein the first network is included in the plurality of networks; comparing, by the computing device for each of the plurality of networks, the service set identifier for such network to the basic service set identifier for such network, wherein comparing, by the computing device for each of the plurality of networks, the service set identifier for such network to the basic service set identifier for such network comprises determining, by the computing device for each of the plurality of networks, whether a first string of characters included in the service set identifier for such network matches a second string of characters in the basic service set identifier for such network; and determining, by the computing device for each of the plurality of networks, whether to attempt to connect to such network based at least in part on the comparison of the service set identifier for such network to the basic service set identifier for such network, wherein determining, by the computing device for each of the plurality of networks, whether to attempt to connect to such network based at least in part on the comparison of the service set identifier for such network to the basic service set identifier for such network comprises: