Patent ID: 8964595
Filing Date: 2015-02-24
Classification: H04W

Abstract:
1. A method for selecting a network at a mobile device, the method comprising: determining a quality level for a network as received by a radio of the mobile device; determining that the quality level is below a quality threshold; identifying a cause of the quality level being below the quality threshold, wherein the identification of cause for the below-threshold quality level is based on measuring radio signal strength received at the mobile device and comparing the radio signal strength with a signal strength threshold, wherein if the radio signal strength is below the signal strength threshold, the cause is identified as the location and if the radio signal strength is not below the signal strength threshold, the cause is identified as not the location; selectively preventing the mobile device from connecting to the network according to the identified cause by: preventing connection to a unique identifier of the network if the identified cause is a location of the mobile device; and preventing connection to an access point that provides the network if the identified cause is not the location of the mobile device.