Patent ID: 8630231

Claim:
With respect to a mobile device capable of communicating wirelessly via a Wide Area Network (WAN) communication link, a method of operating the mobile device comprising: (a) receiving a command from a remote server, via the WAN communication link, to establish a Wi-Fi communication link when possible; (b) taking at least one action so as to establish the Wi-Fi communication link; (c) upon establishing the Wi-Fi communication link, sending a message for receipt by the remote server indicating that the Wi-Fi communication link has been established; (d) receiving software update information from the remote server, the software update information being communicated to the mobile device via the Wi-Fi communication link; and (e) one or both of (1) sending an acknowledgement for receipt by the remote server indicating that the software update information has been received and (2) receiving an instruction from the remote server that communications via the Wi-Fi communication link be ended, wherein the command of (a) also serves as a trigger indicating that the software update information is available, whereby as a result the mobile device continues to perform one or more subsequent operations including (b), wherein the Wi-Fi communication link at (b) is established only if the mobile device is able to satisfy one or more terms or conditions required to be met before communication with an AP can proceed, ether automatically or after receiving user input information, and wherein the mobile device includes at least one processor, wherein the at least one processor causes an alert messages to be output for receipt by a user of the mobile device, the alert message requesting entry of the user input information, and wherein the one or more terms or conditions are satisfied only upon receiving the user input information.