Patent ID: 7917089

Claim:
A computer executing a wireless connection utility (WCU), the WCU embodying logic comprising: accessing at least two of: a wireless local area network (WLAN) driver, a wide area network (WAN) driver, and a Bluetooth driver; displaying at least one unified user interface (U/I) presenting, in a single screen display, images representing at least two networks selected from: a WLAN, a WAN, and a Bluetooth communication system; and enabling a user to select, by means of the U/I, one or more networks with which to communicate, wherein a general button is presented on a main U/I screen display, the general button being selectable to enable a user to select whether to launch the WCU when an operating system of the computer starts up, wherein the U/I includes the main U/I screen display presenting at least two of: a WAN button selectable to cause WAN settings to appear in a settings window of the main screen display, a WLAN button selectable to cause WLAN settings to appear in the settings window, and a Bluetooth button selectable to cause Bluetooth settings to appear in the settings window, wherein all three buttons are presented on the main U/I screen display, wherein a selector element general button is presented on the main U/I screen display of the computer, the general button selector element being selectable to enable a user to select which of a WLAN or a WAN will have automatic detection priority.