Patent ID: 8595365

Claim:
A method for handling one or more virtual private network ‘VPN’ profiles defined in a wireless local area network ‘WLAN’ client device, the method comprising: responsive to connecting to a WLAN during execution of a WLAN connection setup application, displaying via a display of the WLAN client device a connection profile screen of the WLAN connection setup application, the connection profile screen enabling input, via one of one or more user input elements of the WLAN client device, of an indication whether to save a connection profile for the WLAN, and enabling input, via one of the user input elements, of an indication to navigate to a next screen of the WLAN connection setup application; responsive to receiving input of the indication to navigate to the next screen of the WLAN connection setup application, displaying a VPN connection screen of the WLAN connection setup application, the VPN connection screen enabling input, via one of the user input elements, of an indication whether to attempt to establish a VPN connection over the WLAN using information stored in one of the one or more VPN profiles, wherein enabling input of the indication whether to attempt to establish the VPN connection does not involve a VPN client application installed on the WLAN client device.