Method and apparatus for configuring communication parameters on a wireless device
AssigneeVonage Network LLC
InventorsTzahi Efrati, Deepak Ottur
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Abstract
A method and apparatus for configuring communication parameters of a wireless device are provided herein. In some embodiments, the method may establishing a communication connection to a wireless access point, determining one or more security characteristics of the wireless access point, selecting a security policy to apply to the wireless device based on the determined one or more security characteristics of the wireless access point, adjusting one or more communication parameters of the wireless device based on the selected security policy, and communicating with the wireless access point using the adjusted communication parameters.
Claims17
A method for configuring communication parameters of a wireless device comprising:
- establishing a communication connection with a wireless access point;
- determining one or more security characteristics of the wireless access point, wherein the one or more security characteristics of the wireless access point include public opinion ratings regarding both the wireless access point and a service provider that provides service through the wireless access point;
- selecting a security policy to apply to the wireless device based on the determined one or more security characteristics of the wireless access point;
- adjusting one or more communication parameters of the wireless device based on the selected security policy;
- and
- communicating with the wireless access point using the adjusted communication parameters.
An apparatus for configuring communication parameters of a wireless device comprising:
- a) at least one processor;
- b) at least one input device;
- and
- c) at least one storage device storing processor-executable instructions which, when executed by the at least one processor, performs a method including
- 1) establishing a communication connection with a wireless access point,
- 2) determining one or more security characteristics of the wireless access point, wherein the one or more security characteristics of the wireless access point include public opinion ratings regarding both the wireless access point and a service provider that provides service through the wireless access point,
- 3) selecting a security policy to apply to the wireless device based on the determined one or more security characteristics of the wireless access point,
- 4) adjusting one or more communication parameters of the wireless device based on the selected security policy, and
- 5) communicating with the wireless access point using the adjusted communication parameters.
A non-transient computer readable medium for storing computer instructions that, when executed by at least one processor causes the at least one processor to perform a method for configuring communication parameters of a wireless device, comprising:
- establishing a communication connection with a wireless access point;
- determining one or more security characteristics of the wireless access point, wherein the one or more security characteristics of the wireless access point include public opinion ratings regarding both the wireless access point and a service provider that provides service through the wireless access point;
- selecting a security policy to apply to the wireless device based on the determined one or more security characteristics of the wireless access point;
- adjusting one or more communication parameters of the wireless device based on the selected security policy;
- and
- communicating with the wireless access point using the adjusted communication parameters.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.