Patent ID: 7647048
Filing Date: 2010-01-12
Classification: H04W

Abstract:
1. A method of identifying at least one hidden network associated with an access point and at least one visible network associated with the access point, the method comprising: accessing, at an authorized user, an identifier of the access point in response to detecting said at least one visible network; providing, from the authorized user to a server, a request for a list of network identifiers of said at least one hidden network and said at least one visible network, said request including the access point identifier; selecting, using the list provided to the authorized user by the server in response to the request, one of said at least one hidden network and said at least one visible network to connect the authorized user to a wireless local area network; defining a single hidden network in a preferred list using the list provided to the authorized user by the server maintained by an operating system based on one or more definition parameters; treating said at least one of one or more hidden and visible networks as a group to allow at least one of said at least one of one or more hidden and visible networks in said group to be defined in the preferred list of said operating system; and upon selection of said at least one of said at least one of one or more hidden and visible networks in said group, automatically removing all other networks of said group from the preferred list of said operating system, while retaining one or more definition parameters of the removed networks in a local storage.