Patent ID: 9603188
Date: 2017-03-21
CPC Classifications: H04W

Claim:
1. A method of establishing a network connection at an electronic communications device, comprising: determining a location of the electronic communications device; determining current values of one or more connection criteria associated with connection establishment at the electronic communications device, wherein the one or more connection criteria includes at least one of a current time of day, calendar date or security levels associated with available connection types; determining which network connections are currently available to provide network access to the electronic communications device at the location of the electronic communications device; generating a connection acquisition priority list at the electronic communications device based on the currently available network connections and the current values of the one or more connection criteria, wherein the connection acquisition priority list comprises a list of connection types of the currently available network connections supported by the electronic communications device ordered according to priorities of the listed connection types, each connection type of the list of connection types having an associated priority, wherein a Wireless Local Area Network (WLAN) connection type gets higher priority than a Wide Area Network (WAN) connection type when the electronic communication device is roaming and a lower priority than the WAN connection type when the electronic communication device is not roaming; obtaining a connection type from the connection acquisition priority list; and attempting to establish the network connection having the connection type obtained from the connection acquisition priority list.