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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 12, 2016
Filed:
Jul. 07, 2005
Brent Beachem, Riverton, UT (US);
Peter Boucher, Oram, UT (US);
Gabe Nault, Draper, UT (US);
Richard Rollins, Salt Lake City, UT (US);
Jonathan Brett Wood, Layton, UT (US);
Michael Wright, Sandy, UT (US);
Brent Beachem, Riverton, UT (US);
Peter Boucher, Oram, UT (US);
Gabe Nault, Draper, UT (US);
Richard Rollins, Salt Lake City, UT (US);
Jonathan Brett Wood, Layton, UT (US);
Michael Wright, Sandy, UT (US);
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Abstract
The present invention filters access points presented to a user and locks onto an access point. The present invention includes an access point filtering unit and an access point locking unit. The access point filtering unit determines the access points that are accessible by a client device and then filters them to present only the access points that are acceptable to under a security policy in force. The access point locking unit has a plurality of operating modes and can lock onto a user selected access point, a security policy prescribed access point, or the access point with the best signal profile. The present invention also includes several methods such as: a method for filtering access points for presentation to the user, a method for locking onto an access point selected by the user, a method for locking onto an access point with the best signal profile, and a method for locking onto an access point prescribed by a security policy for a given location.