Patent ID: 9060320
Filing Date: 2015-06-16
Classification: H04L,H04W

Abstract:
1. A computer-implemented method comprising: identifying a plurality of operable wireless network access points within communication range of a wireless device connected to a mobile computer; determining that one or more first operable wireless network access points, from among the plurality of operable wireless network access points, are configured to permit the wireless device to wirelessly connect to the one or more first operable wireless network access points, but are also configured to trap the wireless device in a proxy so as to block the wireless device from accessing a publicly available network using the one or more first operable wireless network access points when the wireless device is wirelessly connected to the one or more first operable wireless network access points; determining that one or more second operable wireless network access points, from among the plurality of operable wireless network access points, are configured to permit the wireless device to access the publicly available network using the one or more second operable wireless network access points when the wireless device is wirelessly connected to the one or more second operable wireless network access points; and displaying representations of particular ones of the one or more second operable wireless network access points in a list of prospective wireless network access points, while suppressing a display of representations of the one or more first operable wireless network access points in the list as a result of a determination that the one or more first operable wireless network access points are configured to trap the wireless device in a proxy.