Patent ID: 7774020

Claim:
A computer-based method for ascertaining whether multiple radios of multiple radio types available for connection to a mobile computing device are associated with a single wireless device, comprising the steps of: using the mobile computing device to receive data from a radio of the single wireless device; querying a database of radio information to ascertain whether the mobile computing device has previously identified the radio and associated it with the single wireless device; if the mobile computing device has not previously identified the radio of the single wireless device, then sending a request to the single wireless device for identifying information, including identification of all radios associated with the single wireless device; and upon receipt of identifying information indicating that multiple radios of multiple radio types are associated with the single wireless device, communicating information that multiple radios of multiple radio types are associated with the single wireless device to one or more software applications running on the mobile computing device, and storing the identifying information in the database.