Patent ID: 8718644
Filing Date: 2014-05-06
Classification: H04W

Abstract:
1. A non-transitory computer accessible memory medium comprising program instructions executable by a wireless device to: detect a wireless network; monitor one or more activity indicators of the wireless device; determine whether the wireless device is being used in an interactive mode or a non-interactive mode based on monitoring the one or more activity indicators of the wireless device; select one or more criteria for wireless network blacklisting, wherein the criteria are selected based on the one or more activity indicators, wherein the criteria comprise one or more types of connectivity problems, wherein the criteria for wireless network blacklisting comprise a first type of connectivity problem and a second type of connectivity problem, wherein the first type of connectivity problem comprises a failed attempt to join a wireless network, wherein the second type of connectivity problem comprises a disconnection from a wireless network, wherein the criteria for wireless network blacklisting selected for a wireless device in the interactive mode comprise a first number of connectivity problems of the first type, wherein the criteria for wireless network blacklisting selected for a wireless device in the non-interactive mode comprise a second number of connectivity problems of the first type, wherein the first number is larger than the second number; monitor the wireless network for the one or more types of connectivity problems; blacklist the wireless network based on the selected criteria and monitoring the wireless network for the one or more types of connectivity problems.