Patent ID: 9572094
Date: 2017-02-14
CPC Classifications: G06F,H04W

Claim:
1. A method for maintaining and utilizing wireless local area network (WLAN) access information by an electronic device, the method comprising: receiving, by the electronic device, first information from a first WLAN access point (AP) available at a first location of the electronic device; adding, by the electronic device, first WLAN access information for the first WLAN AP to a set of WLAN access information for WLAN APs previously stored in the electronic device, wherein the first WLAN access information for the first WLAN AP includes the first information received from the first WLAN AP and the set of WLAN access information for WLAN APs is for automatically accessing the WLAN APs; receiving, by the electronic device, second information from a second WLAN AP available at a second location of the electronic device; based on the second information received from the second WLAN AP and the set of WLAN access information including the first WLAN access information, determining, by the electronic device, that the second WLAN AP matches one of WLAN APs corresponding to the set of WLAN access information including the first WLAN access information if the second information is included in the set of WLAN access information including the first WLAN access information; and based on the determining, automatically accessing, by the electronic device, the second WLAN AP using second WLAN access information for the second WLAN AP, wherein the second WLAN access information for the second WLAN AP is included in the set of WLAN access information including the first WLAN access information, wherein the first information includes a service set identifier (SSID) of the first WLAN AP available at the first location of the electronic device, and wherein the set of WLAN access information includes an SSID and security information.