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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:
Sep. 19, 2017

Filed:

Apr. 21, 2011
Applicants:

Basavaraj Patil, Coppell, TX (US);

Gabor Bajko, Mountain View, CA (US);

Inventors:

Basavaraj Patil, Coppell, TX (US);

Gabor Bajko, Mountain View, CA (US);

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 48/20 (2009.01); H04W 4/20 (2009.01); H04W 36/36 (2009.01); H04W 48/08 (2009.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 48/20 (2013.01); H04W 4/20 (2013.01); H04W 36/36 (2013.01); H04W 48/08 (2013.01);
Abstract

A method for determining access point service capabilities may include identifying, at a mobile terminal, an access point to which the mobile terminal is capable of establishing a connection, determining, prior to authentication between the mobile terminal and the access point, whether the access point supports a particular service or connection, and enabling a connection determination to be made at the mobile terminal regarding whether to connect to the access point based on whether the access point supports the particular service or connection. A corresponding computer program product and apparatuses are also provided.


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