Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Method and apparatus for automatically detecting and connecting to Wi-Fi networks
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Application No.: US15400622Application Date: 2017-01-06
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Publication No.: US09980208B2Publication Date: 2018-05-22
- Inventor: Artiom Shamis , Kapil Chhabra
- Applicant: Apple Inc.
- Applicant Address: US CA Cupertino
- Assignee: Apple Inc.
- Current Assignee: Apple Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US CA Cupertino
- Agency: Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein & Fox P.L.L.C.
- Main IPC: H04W4/00
- IPC: H04W4/00 ; H04W48/12 ; H04W48/16 ; H04W48/18 ; H04W84/12 ; H04W4/02

Abstract:
An apparatus and methods are provided for automatically detecting and connecting to a Wi-Fi network. In these methods, a wireless device listens for beacons that are sent using a low-power wireless protocol. Once the wireless device detects a first beacon at a first location, the wireless device extracts a first beacon region identifier from the beacon and correlates the first beacon region identifier with a first Wi-Fi network that is located at the first location. Next, the wireless device retrieves a first set of credentials for connecting to the first Wi-Fi network. Once the first set of credentials is retrieved, the wireless device uses the first set of credentials to connect to the first Wi-Fi network.
Public/Granted literature
- US20170215128A1 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DETECTING AND CONNECTING TO WI-FI NETWORKS Public/Granted day:2017-07-27
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