Patent ID: 7103661
Filing Date: 2006-09-05
Classification: H04L,H04W

Abstract:
1. A software-implemented method of configuring a computer to associate with one or more wireless networks through a corresponding wireless communication link, comprising: creating a plurality of computer profiles for connection to at least one of the wireless networks, wherein each of the plurality of computer profiles includes a network identifier corresponding to a different wireless network; using at least one of the plurality of computer profiles to cause the computer to recognize the at least one of the wireless networks; creating the wireless communication link between the computer and the at least one of the wireless networks; associating each computer profile with a wireless network based on a priority value until there is a successful association or a list of profiles is exhausted, incrementing a counter associated with a selected computer profile each time that computer profile is matched to a network of the one or more wireless network; and utilizing a computer value to prioritize subsequent associations of the plurality of computer profile and the one or more wireless networks.