SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR GRAPHICAL SYMBOLIC WI-Fl SSID DISPLAY SUPPORT

A system for displaying a graphical symbol as an SSID representative of a Wi-Fi network on a Wi-Fi client user device, comprising:

• a wireless access point device coupled to a Wi-Fi network to be accessed, the wireless access device configured to broadcast a broadcast message including information about the Wi-Fi network, the broadcast message including an internal SSID and a URL, wherein the URL points to a network address at which a graphical symbol is stored;
• and
• a processing device configured to:
• temporarily connect a Wi-Fi client user device receiving the broadcast message to the Wi-Fi network using the internal SSID;
• retrieve the graphical symbol stored at the network address using the URL;
• and
• transmit the graphical symbol to the Wi-Fi client user device for displaying, on the Wi-Fi client user device, the graphical symbol as the SSID for the Wi-Fi network.

A method for displaying a graphical symbol as an SSID representative of a Wi-Fi network on a Wi-Fi client user device, comprising:

• storing a graphical symbol as an SSID for a Wi-Fi network at a network address;
• broadcasting fragmented pieces of the graphical symbol in a broadcast message from a wireless access point device coupled to the Wi-Fi network to be accessed, the broadcasting performed by the wireless access point device operating independently of a Wi-Fi client user device;
• receiving the broadcast message at the Wi-Fi client user device;
• assembling, by the Wi-Fi client user device, the fragmented pieces of the graphical symbol received from the broadcast message to form the graphical symbol;
• and
• displaying, on the Wi-Fi client user device, the graphical symbol as the SSID for the Wi-Fi network.

A method for displaying a graphical symbol as an SSID representative of a Wi-Fi network on a Wi-Fi client user device, comprising:

• storing a graphical symbol as an SSID for a Wi-Fi network at a network address based on a URL, the network address external to the Wi-Fi network;
• broadcasting the URL in a broadcast message from a wireless access point device coupled to the Wi-Fi network to be accessed, the broadcasting performed by the wireless access point device operating independently of a Wi-Fi client user device;
• receiving the broadcast message at the Wi-Fi client user device;
• uploading, by the Wi-Fi client user device, the graphic symbol through a 4G/5G cellular network or through a router coupled to the access point device using its own hotspot connection using the URL and storing the graphical symbol locally on the Wi-Fi client;
• and
• displaying, on the Wi-Fi client user device, the graphical symbol as the SSID for the Wi-Fi network.