Method and system for evaluating proximity to a WLAN for a...

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2007-12-20

2011-11-01

Ryman, Daniel J (Department: 2466)

Multiplex communications

Communication over free space

Having a plurality of contiguous regions served by...

C455S435200, C455S456100, C455S457000

Reexamination Certificate

active

08050243

ABSTRACT:
A method and system for evaluating proximity of the electronic device to a wireless local area network (WLAN) involves generating a location where the location is defined by a list of cellular communication access points that is sorted based on signal strength for each access point. The list may be scored against one or more similarly defined reference locations to determine if the electronic device is at a geographic position that is favorable to probe for a WLAN that the electronic device was connected to at a prior time, but is presently not connected.

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