Patent ID: 8122136

Claim:
A method, comprising: detecting, in a computerized device, a network identification information for the computerized device, where the computerized device receives the network identification information in a wireless local area network transmission from a network identification information source associated with a first network to which the computerized device is to establish a secure wireless data connection; comparing the detected network identification information with at least one address entry stored in an initiation information table on the computerized device, the at least one address entry having been stored in the initiation information table prior to detecting the network identification information and indicating that the first network requires a secure data connection; in response to detecting a correspondence between the network identification information and the at least one address entry in the initiation information table, detecting a profile entry, the profile entry being mapped to secure connection instructions for establishing the secure wireless data connection between the computerized device and the first network, retrieving the secure connection instructions indicated by the profile entry, and establishing the secure wireless data connection between the computerized device and the first network; and in response to detecting a secure connection stop function within the profile entry, where the secure connection stop function is a discontinue command that prevents the computerized device from establishing an unnecessary secure wireless data connection with the first network, selectively establishing a non-secure data connection between the computerized device and the first network.