Patent ID: 8169958

Claim:
An apparatus, comprising: a wireless transceiver; an input device; an output device; and control logic operatively coupled to the wireless transceiver, the input device, and the output device; wherein the control logic receives a signal received from a wireless network via the wireless transceiver, the signal comprising data indicating a service is available for an application via the wireless network; wherein, the control logic is selectively operable in a first mode to output data on the output device indicating that the service is available for the application on the network; wherein the control logic is selectively operable in a second mode to determine from the signal a service provider for providing the service and to determine whether the service provider is on a pre-approved list of approved service providers, the control logic selectively outputting data on the output device indicating that the service is available for the application on the network responsive to determining the service provider is on the pre-approved list of service providers; wherein the control logic is selectively operable in a third mode to discard the data indicating the service is available from the application and without outputting the data indicating the service is available on the output device; and, wherein the control logic is responsive to receiving input from the input device indicating the service is requested to validate the wireless network and to initiate the application to receive the service responsive to successfully validating the wireless network.