Patent ID: 7509417

Claim:
A method of connecting to a wireless communication access point comprising: a) an initiator device broadcasting a first wireless message to a plurality of potential access point devices, said initiator device storing therein a list of recognized device addresses for connecting thereto; b) in response to said initiator device broadcasting said first wireless message, said initiator device receiving a plurality of second wireless messages from a set of said plurality of potential access point devices, wherein said set of said plurality of potential access point devices is defined by at least one physical characteristic; c) said initiator device comparing device addresses of said plurality of second wireless messages for address matches with said list of recognized device addresses, and wherein said list of recognized device addresses is compared, by said initiator device, to a list of current network access point addresses maintained on a network server, any differences being updated within said list of recognized device addresses in a memory cache of said initiator device; d) applying a fitness function to address matches of said c) to determine a selectable address, wherein said fitness function defines an acceptable criteria for determining said selectable address; and e) transmitting a signal to connect to an access point device corresponding to said selectable address.