Patent ID: 9609560
Date: 2017-03-28
CPC Classifications: H04W

Claim:
1. A network system, comprising: a plurality of wireless access points at a particular location or region; a mobile wireless networking subsystem device having a cyber-foraging client application (CFCA) configured to collect environmental information data from the particular location or region including from the wireless access points; a wireless networking context service (WNCS) subsystem in communication with the mobile wireless networking subsystem device, wherein the WNCS subsystem receives the environmental information data from the mobile wireless networking subsystem device; the WNCS subsystem having a networking context aggregation module and a networking context interpolation module, the modules being operable to provide aggregated data to determine an optimal wireless access point for continuous connection with the mobile wireless networking subsystem based on the environmental information data, the aggregated data including an enhanced data set of aggregated environmental information data residing outside a range of on-board sensors of the mobile wireless networking subsystem device; the CFCA utilizing the aggregated data to make decisions regarding wireless access point detection, selection, and connection, thereby extending the range of the on-board sensors; and a controller configured to direct the mobile wireless networking subsystem to handoff a connection from a current wireless access point to the optimal wireless access point prior to reaching a connected signal threshold of a connection to the current wireless access point.