Patent ID: 7701912

Claim:
An access point for enabling a plurality of wireless service providers to concurrently provide network services to a plurality of computing devices, respectively, wherein the access point is coupled to a network, the access point comprising: a processor; a tangible memory medium coupled to the processor, wherein the memory medium stores program instructions executable by the processor, wherein the program instructions are executable to: receive a plurality of System IDs (SIDs) from the plurality of computing devices, respectively, wherein each of the plurality of SIDs is associated with and identifies a different one of the plurality of wireless service providers to which the access point provides access point functionality; and concurrently provide wireless network access to each of two or more of the plurality of computing devices according to services provided by the plurality of wireless service providers, respectively, wherein each of the two or more computing devices is provided with wireless network access by a different one of the plurality of wireless service providers that is identified by the corresponding one of the plurality of SIDs received from the computing device.