Patent ID: 8478304

Claim:
A method comprising: determining a location of a mobile device; and switching a first setting of the mobile device to a second setting of the mobile device, based on the current location, wherein the switching a first setting of the mobile device to a second setting of the mobile device, based on the current location, comprises: determining whether the current location of the mobile device is within an access range of a wireless local area network (WLAN), without using a WLAN transceiver of the mobile device to detect presence of the WLAN; and if the current location is within the access range of the WLAN, automatically turning on the WLAN transceiver, and wherein said determining whether the current location of the mobile device is within an access range of the WLAN comprises: retrieving location information and a received signal strength indication (RSSI) associated with the WLAN; and determining whether the current location of the mobile device is within the access range of the WLAN, based on the RSSI and a distance between the current location and the retrieved location.