Patent ID: 8340636

Claim:
A method, performed on a wireless access point that is configured to communicate with an access terminal at least some of the time, the access terminal having a hardware identifier, and the access terminal comprising a user-specific card that has a card identifier, the method comprising: receiving the card identifier and the hardware identifier from the access terminal as part of an attempt by the access terminal to register for service with the wireless access point using a first protocol; adding the card identifier and the hardware identifier to a failed list, the failed list indicating that the access terminal is not authorized to communicate with the wireless access point using a second protocol that is different from the first protocol; receiving the hardware identifier from the access terminal as part of an attempt by the access terminal to register for service with the wireless access point using the second protocol, wherein a process for registering for service with the wireless access point using the second protocol comprises establishing one or more service paths; determining whether the hardware identifier is on the failed list; and if the hardware identifier is on the failed list, discontinuing the process for registering for service with the wireless access point using the second protocol before establishing the one or more service paths and before determining, based on the card identifier, whether the access terminal is authorized to communicate with the wireless access point using the second protocol.