Patent ID: 8693451

Claim:
A method for use in controlling an access point mode of operation of a mobile terminal, the method comprising: operating the mobile terminal in an access point mode of operation, for communication with one or more other mobile terminals which are associated with the mobile terminal; receiving, at the mobile terminal while operating in the access point mode of operation, from the one or more other mobile terminals, network information comprising one or more network identifiers which identify one or more infrastructure wireless networks within coverage of the one or more other mobile terminals, the network information also comprising an access point identifier associated with each received network identifier; and in response to identifying by the mobile terminal that at least one of the received network identifiers corresponds to a predetermined infrastructure wireless network or predetermined type of infrastructure wireless network, disabling the access point mode of operation by the mobile terminal; wherein identifying that at least one of the received network identifiers corresponds to a predetermined infrastructure wireless network or predetermined type of infrastructure wireless network comprises counting a number of different access point identifiers that are associated with the same received network identifier and identifying that the received network identifier corresponds to the predetermined type of infrastructure wireless network when the number exceeds a predetermined number.