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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Jul. 23, 2019

Filed:

Jan. 04, 2019
Applicant:

International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);

Inventors:

Christopher J. Dawson, Arlington, VA (US);

Peter G. Finn, Ontario, CA;

Rick A. Hamilton, II, Charlottesville, VA (US);

Jenny S. Li, Cary, NC (US);

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 36/00 (2009.01); H04W 48/18 (2009.01); H04W 76/10 (2018.01); H04L 29/08 (2006.01); H04B 17/318 (2015.01); H04W 4/029 (2018.01); H04W 88/06 (2009.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 48/18 (2013.01); H04B 17/318 (2015.01); H04L 67/306 (2013.01); H04W 4/029 (2018.02); H04W 76/10 (2018.02); H04W 88/06 (2013.01);
Abstract

A system and method of locating a wireless connection among a plurality of possible wireless connections. More particularly, a system and method of locating a user preferred wireless connection among a plurality of possible wireless connections. The method includes scanning for available networks and determining whether the available networks satisfy one or more user preferences. The method further includes establishing a secondary network connection with one of the available networks based on one or more user preferences being satisfied.


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