Patent ID: 7561871

Claim:
A method for directing a mobile user to a wireless network access point comprising: receiving a mobile user request for a location of a wireless network access point via a user terminal, wherein the user request comprises one or more amenities including one or more of a hotel, a restaurant, a store, a park and an airport; identifying a geographic location of the mobile user responsive to receiving the user request; identifying a plurality of wireless network access points convenient to the user that provides access to the one or more amenities based on stored data including the physical location or address of a wireless network and the amenities available at or near the wireless network; and ranking a plurality of wireless network access points based on a distance from a user location and the one or more amenities requested by the user such that wireless network access points that include the one or more amenities are ranked highest and network access points without the one or more amenities are ranked last; wherein the user request includes a particular service provider associated with the wireless network and identifying a wireless network access point further comprises identifying a wireless network access point provided by the particular service provider.