Intelligent Protocol Selection

摘要

Example apparatus and methods concern intelligent protocol selection to facilitate more efficiently establishing secure network connections from known locations. One example method determines that a mobile device is seeking to make a connection to a secure resource from a location through a network and then acquires identifying information associated with the mobile device, the location, or the secure resource. If preferred connection information related to the identifying information is available to the mobile device, then the connection will be made using the preferred connection information. If preferred connection information related to the identifying information is not available, then the connection will be made using discovered protocol information. Once the connection is made, information about the protocols used to make the connection may be recorded or updated to influence the future establishment of secure connections by a similar device in a similar situation.

主权项

1. A method, comprising:
upon determining that a mobile device is seeking to make a connection to a secure resource from a location through a network:
acquiring identifying information associated with the mobile device, the location, or the secure resource;upon determining that preferred connection information related to the identifying information is available to the mobile device:
controlling the mobile device to make the connection using the preferred connection information;upon determining that the connection was made using the preferred connection information:
recording that the connection was made using the preferred connection information;andupon determining that preferred connection information related to the identifying information is not available to the mobile device:
controlling the mobile device to make the connection using a set of discovered protocol information; andrecording that the connection was made using the set of discovered protocol information.