Patent ID: 8634348
Filing Date: 2014-01-21
Classification: H04W

Abstract:
1. With respect to a mobile device capable of communicating wirelessly via a Wide Area Network (WAN) communication link, a method of operating the mobile device comprising: (a) detecting an availability of an additional communication link made possible via an access point (AP); (b) determining whether one or more first criteria relating to one or both of the AP and the mobile device have been met; (c) provided that the one or more first criteria are met, automatically launching at the mobile device a browser program to communicate with one or both of the AP and a remote server via the additional communication link; (d) determining, based upon one or more interactions between the browser program and one or both of the AP and the remote server, whether one or more second criteria for allowing communications to proceed via the additional communication link have been met; and (e) provided that the one or more second criteria are met, conducting the communications wirelessly via the additional communication link, wherein (d) further comprises: identifying one or more terms or conditions required to be met for the communications with the AP to proceed; determining that the one or more terms or conditions cannot be met without receiving at least some input information from a user of the mobile device; providing an output message on the mobile device for receipt by the user and indicative of a need for the at least some input information; receiving the at least some input information; and utilizing the at least some input information to satisfy the one or more terms or conditions.