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US 8,577,376 B2Granted
Location based network access point scanning
AssigneeLenovo (Singapore) Pte. Ltd.
InventorsNathan J. Peterson, Arnold S. Weksler, John Carl Mese
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Abstract
A system and method include determining location information identifying a location of a portable information handling device, sorting a list of network profiles based on the location information, and scanning the list of sorted network profiles to identify an access point for connecting the portable information handling device to a network.
Claims17
A method comprising:
- determining location information identifying a location of portable information handling device;
- sorting a list of network profiles based on the location information;
- and
- scanning the list of sorted network profiles to identify an access point for connecting the portable information handling device to a network;
- wherein determining location information comprises:
- determining an amount of time since connection to the access point;
- calculating an estimated potential distance the portable information handling device traveled as a function of the amount of time multiplied by a velocity;
- and
- and wherein the list of network profiles is organized according to the estimated potential distance traveled.
6 more elements
A computer readable storage device having instructions for execution by an information handling system to perform a method, the method comprising:
- determining location information identifying a location of portable computer system;
- sorting a list of network profiles based on the location information;
- and
- scanning the list of sorted network profiles to identify an access point for connecting the portable computer system to a network;
- wherein determining location information comprises:
- determining an amount of time since connection to the access point;
- calculating an estimated potential distance the portable computer system traveled as a function of the amount of time multiplied by a velocity;
- and
- organizing the list of network profiles according to the estimated potential distance traveled.
6 more elements
A system comprising:
- a processor;
- a computer readable storage device having a list of network profiles identifying access points and locations for each access point;
- wherein the processor is programmed to determine location information of the system by, at least in part:
- determining an amount of time since connection to the access point;
- calculating an estimated potential distance traveled as a function of the amount of time multiplied by a predetermined velocity;
- and
- organizing the list of network profiles according to the estimated potential distance
- wherein the processor is programmed to search the list of network profiles as a function of the location information.
5 more elements
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.