Patent ID: 9167412
Filing Date: 2015-10-20
Classification: H04W

Abstract:
1. An apparatus comprising: circuitry; a receive component to be executed by the circuitry to receive configuration information to configure a first wireless local area network (WLAN) for a subscriber as a first connection point for a social network including a plurality of roaming members, roaming member information to identify the plurality of roaming members, and one or more policies for the plurality of roaming members to connect to the first WLAN, the one or more policies comprising at least allowing auto-connect for a first portion of the plurality of roaming members and sending a prompt to connect to a second portion of the plurality of roaming members; an information component to be executed by the circuitry to maintain the configuration information, the roaming member information and the one or more policies at a server to set up the first WLAN for the social network; and an access component to be executed by the circuitry to grant a request from the subscriber for user equipment (UE) belonging to a given roaming member to connect to the first WLAN based on the given roaming member identified as being among the plurality of roaming members included in the social network.