Patent ID: 7805414
Filing Date: 2010-09-28
Classification: H04L,H04W

Abstract:
1. A physical computer readable medium having thereon computer-executable instructions for performing a method of provisioning a network comprising: receiving a signal on a computing device from a network wherein the signal comprises: a network name; a sign-up file, comprising a non-executable markup language file, that includes user information to be collected to allow access to the network and a sign up rule associated with the information to be collected to allow access to the network, wherein the sign-up file further comprises a plurality of information desired by the network for a user to establish a connection with said at least one network, wherein the plurality of information comprises a request for credit card information, name information, personal information, or a subset thereof; determining if the network is associated with a branding file wherein the branding file comprises an icon image associated with the network, the image identifying the network from other networks; determining a display order by ranking the networks based on a ranking previously stored on the computing device; if the network is associated with a branding file, if the network is not associated with a branding file, accepting an input; determining if the input satisfies the sign-up-rule; if the input does not satisfy the sign-up-rule, if the input does satisfy the sign-up-rule, and provisioning the computing device using the sign-up file.