Apparatus and method for accessing a network in a wireless terminal
AssigneeSamsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
InventorsKeum-Koo Lee, Hee-Jeong Choo, Ju-Yun Sung, Ji-Young Kwahk
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Abstract
An apparatus and method for quickly searching for an accessible network in a wireless terminal. A wireless terminal registers information about a current location and information used to access a network in an access history table, when it succeeds in accessing the network. Thereafter, when accessing a network, the wireless terminal attempts to access a network that it previously accessed, using information about a current location and the access history table.
Claims18
A method for accessing an Access Point (AP) in a terminal supporting Wireless Local Area Network (WLAN) communication, the method comprising:
- detecting a current location of the terminal;
- searching information about a registered location within a predetermined error range from the detected current location in pre-registered access history information stored in the terminal;
- upon search of the information about the registered location, detecting an accessible AP in the pre-registered access history information based on the searched information about the registered location;
- and
- attempting to access the detected AP,
- wherein the pre-registered access history information includes information about registered locations at which the terminal has accessed APs, and identification information about a previously accessed AP at each of the registered locations.
A non-transitory computer readable recording medium having recorded thereon a program executable by a computer for performing a method for accessing an Access Point (AP) in a terminal supporting Wireless Local Area Network (WLAN) communication, the method comprising:
- detecting a current location of the terminal;
- searching information about a registered location within a predetermined error range from the detected current location in pre-registered access history information stored in the terminal;
- upon search of the information about the registered location, detecting an accessible AP in the pre-registered access history information based on the searched information about the registered location;
- and
- attempting to access the detected AP,
- wherein the pre-registered access history information includes information about registered locations at which the terminal has accessed APs, and identification information about a previously accessed AP at each of the registered locations.
A terminal apparatus for searching for an Access Point (AP), comprising:
- a memory for storing pre-registered access history information;
- an AP detector for detecting a current location of the terminal, and searching information about a registered location within a predetermined error range from the detected current location in the pre-registered access history information, and upon search of the information about the registered location, detecting an accessible AP in the pre-registered access history information based on the searched information about the registered location;
- and
- a communication module for attempting to access an AP detected by the AP detector,
- wherein the pre-registered access history information includes information about registered locations at which the terminal has accessed APs, and identification information about a previously accessed AP at each of the registered locations.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.