Patent ID: 8411604

Claim:
A method in a mobile communication device, the method comprising: storing, in memory of the mobile communication device, hotspot aggregator service information which includes one or more hotspot aggregator service identifiers, each hotspot aggregator service identifier uniquely identifying a hotspot aggregator service, each hotspot aggregator service being provided in a plurality of different hotspot locations via different wireless communication networks; performing a scanning operation for identifying a wireless communication network comprising a hotspot, the wireless communication network being identifiable by a wireless network identifier; receiving, at the mobile communication device from the scanning operation, a hotspot aggregator service identifier which identifies a hotspot aggregator service made available via the wireless communication network; comparing, at the mobile communication device, the received hotspot aggregator service identifier with the one or more stored hotspot aggregator service identifiers; and when there is a match between the received and the stored hotspot aggregator service identifiers, connecting with the wireless communication network by the mobile communication device, for receiving the hotspot aggregator service via the wireless communication network.