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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 19, 2016
Filed:
May. 15, 2006
Niels Jonker, Reston, VA (US);
Niels Jonker, Reston, VA (US);
BOINGO WIRELESS, INC., Los Angeles, CA (US);
Abstract
A system and method of network point of access detection and use is disclosed. In accordance with such system and method, suitability of a given wireless network for access and use can be determined. Such system and method are fully-configurable and incrementally-updatable using configuration information. The configuration information, which can include network profiles and scripting functions, can be used to dynamically configure a client device to perform test network points of access, to determine usability status of network points of access, without modifying an underlying operating platform (e.g., an operating software platform) of the client device. The usability status can be cached by a client device and used to facilitate subsequent network detection and to make an informed selection of a network point of access.