Patent ID: 8199657

Claim:
A method comprising generating at least one predetermined request at a mobile device, which predetermined request is addressed to a connectivity test server in a destination network, and transmitting said at least one predetermined request to a wireless access network, the destination network being a first network and the wireless access network being a second network; and determining whether a response to said at least one predetermined request is received from said wireless access network and whether a received response corresponds to a predetermined response which is known to be provided by said connectivity test server in case said connectivity test server is reached by said at least one predetermined request, wherein said at least one predetermined request comprises at least two predetermined requests, and wherein in case a non-predetermined response to a first one of said at least two predetermined requests indicates a possibly required user interaction of a user of said mobile device with said wireless access network, said method further comprising retransmitting a second one of said at least two predetermined requests, a detection of a predetermined response to said second one of said at least two predetermined requests being an indication of a successfully completed user interaction.