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US 2011/0238847 A1Published application
Saving a Connection Profile when Unable to Connect to a Wireless Local Area Network
AssigneeResearch In Motion Limited
InventorsSherryl Lee Lorraine Scott, Zaheen Somani, Alexander Jordan Reif
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Abstract
Various connection parameters of a wireless local area network ‘WLAN’ may be saved in a WLAN client device in a connection profile, even if the WLAN client device is unable to connect to the WLAN.
Claims10
A method for saving a connection profile of a wireless local area network ‘WLAN’, the method comprising:
- obtaining information regarding a particular WLAN for which a connection profile is not stored in a WLAN client device;
- attempting to connect to the particular WLAN using the information;
- displaying via a display of the WLAN client device that the attempt was unsuccessful due to the WLAN client device being out of range of the particular WLAN;
- and
- subsequent to the unsuccessful attempt to connect to the particular WLAN, saving the information in a connection profile in the WLAN client device,
- wherein the information includes a network name of the particular WLAN.
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A wireless local area network ‘WLAN’ client device comprising:
- a processor;
- an antenna;
- a WLAN communication interface coupled to the processor and to the antenna;
- a display coupled to the processor;
- and
- a memory coupled to the processor, the memory able to save connection profiles of wireless local area networks, the memory storing code which, when executed by the processor, obtains information regarding a particular WLAN for which a connection profile is not stored in the memory, and if an attempt via the WLAN communication interface and the antenna to connect to the particular WLAN using the information is unsuccessful due to the WLAN client device being out of range of the particular WLAN, displays via the display that the attempt was unsuccessful, and subsequent to the unsuccessful attempt, saves the information in a connection profile in the memory,
- wherein the information includes a network name of the particular WLAN.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.