IDENTIFICATION-ASSISTED WIRELESS NETWORK CONNECTIONS

摘要

Systems and methods for transmitting location-specific information such as wireless network connectivity information are generally disclosed herein. One embodiment includes device configurations and techniques implemented to establish a secondary wireless network connection to exchange the location-specific information between a location-aware device and a location-unaware device. In other embodiments, the location-specific information exchanged via the secondary wireless network connection includes the transfer of the connectivity information, such as a Service Set Identifier (SSID) or network authentication information, from a primary network-aware device to establish a primary network connection at a primary network-unaware device.

主权项

1. A computing device configured for offloading a collection of location-specific information, comprising:
circuitry to request location-specific information from a second computing device, receive the location-specific information from the second computing device, and process the location-specific information; and a transceiver to establish a connection with the second computing device using a private wireless network, and to request and receive the location-specific information via the private wireless network; wherein the private wireless network is established by the second computing device to provide the location-specific information; and wherein the second computing device determines the location-specific information prior to the request, and transmits the location-specific information via the private wireless network to the computing device in response to the request.