Sharing wireless connection profiles between multiple operating systems

A wireless communication system comprising:

• a wireless transceiver;
• a shared profiles storage to store one or more wireless connection profiles accessible by a plurality of operating systems (OSs) including a first OS and a second OS;
• and
• at least one processor to run an import and export module, the import and export module configured to retrieve a wireless connection profile from the shared profiles storage responsive to the wireless communication system being booted in the second OS, the wireless connection profile being previously stored in the shared profiles storage responsive to a first wireless connection being established between the wireless communication system and an access point of a wireless network or one or more devices of a peer-to-peer networking group while the wireless communication system is running in the first OS, the import and export module configured to import the wireless connection profile retrieved from the shared profiles storage to a connection management utility associated with the second OS.

A method performed by a wireless communication device, the method comprising:

• establishing a first wireless connection with an access point of a wireless network or one or more other devices of a peer-to-peer networking group while the wireless communication device is running in a first operating system (OS);
• storing a wireless connection profile for the first wireless connection in a shared profiles storage associated with the wireless communication device, the shared profiles storage accessible by a plurality of operating systems;
• retrieving the wireless connection profile from the shared profiles storage responsive to the wireless communication device being booted in a second OS different from the first OS;
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• automatically establishing a second wireless connection between the wireless communication device booted in the second OS and the access point or the one or more other devices using the wireless connection profile retrieved from the shared profiles storage.