Patent ID: 8032928
Filing Date: 2011-10-04
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
1. A user device for controlling wireless network connection access, comprising: a processor for executing instructions; and a network adapters for operatively connecting to a network; the processor operative for: establishing a connection with the network via the network adapter; generating a first traffic of a first application for communicating over the network adapter in which the first traffic is user initiated, the first application on the device; blocking a second traffic of a preconfigured computer service from communicating over the network adapter in response to the first traffic communicating over the network adapter, the second traffic of the preconfigured computer service is not user initiated and the preconfigured computer service is a second application on the device; wherein blocking the second traffic of the preconfigured computer service from communicating over the network adapter comprises disabling the preconfigured computer service by a third application in response to establishing the connection with the network via the network adapter; and enabling the preconfigured computer service in response to disabling the connection with the network via the network adapter.