IP Library Granted Patent US 10,972,967
Granted Patent B2
US 10,972,967 · App. 16/917,930 · Granted Apr 6, 2021

Wi-Fi hotspot recommendation method, terminal, and graphical user interface

Inventors: Yuxin Yang (Dongguan, CN); Wang Chen (Dongguan, CN); Ti-Yu Wu (Taiwan, CN); Te-Chin Chang (Taiwan, CN); Xiuping Zhang (Dongguan, CN)
Assignee: HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
H04W48/16H04L61/2015H04W12/06H04W28/0242H04W28/0273H04W48/20H04W72/085H04W24/10H04W84/12
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Patent No.
US 10,972,967
App. No.
16/917,930
Granted
Apr 6, 2021
Kind
B2
Abstract

The present invention relates to the communications field, and discloses a Wi-Fi hotspot recommendation method, a terminal, and a graphical user interface, so as to resolve a problem that a Wi-Fi hotspot selected by a user according to information such as an RSSI is not necessarily a Wi-Fi hotspot with optimal Internet surfing experience in an area in which the user is located. A specific solution is as follows: A terminal scans a Wi-Fi hotspot; determines an Internet-accessible hotspot in Wi-Fi hotspots that are obtained by means of scanning; determines network quality obtained when the terminal accesses a network by using the Internet-accessible hotspot; and displays an identifier of the Internet-accessible hotspot and an identifier that indicates the network quality obtained when the terminal accesses the network by using the Internet-accessible hotspot. The present invention is applied to a Wi-Fi hotspot recommendation process.

Claims (56)

1. A Wireless Fidelity Wi-Fi hotspot recommendation method, wherein the method is applied to a terminal and comprises:

accessing internet by a mobile data service;

determining default routing network port according to the mobile data service;

scanning a Wi-Fi hotspot;

determining an Internet-accessible hotspot in Wi-Fi hotspots obtained by scanning;

determining network quality obtained when the terminal accesses a network by using the Internet-accessible hotspot; and

displaying an identifier of the Internet-accessible hotspot and an identifier that indicates the network quality,

wherein determining the Internet-accessible hotspot in Wi-Fi hotspots obtained by scanning comprises:

determining an authentication hotspot in the Wi-Fi hotspots that are obtained by scanning, wherein the authentication hotspot is a Wi-Fi hotspot in which the terminal accesses the Internet by performing login authentication after being connected to the authentication hotspot;

filtering out the authentication hotspot from the Wi-Fi hotspots obtained by scanning;

connecting to a candidate Wi-Fi hotspot in the Wi-Fi hotspots obtained by scanning without the authentication hotspot;

retaining the default routing network port according to the mobile data service;

receiving a response code returned by the candidate Wi-Fi hotspot; and

determining, if the response code is a first response code, that the candidate Wi-Fi hotspot is the Internet-accessible hotspot.

2. The method according to claim 1 , wherein before the connecting to the Wi-Fi hotspot, the method further comprises:

determining a target Wi-Fi hotspot in the Wi-Fi hotspots, wherein the target Wi-Fi hotspot comprises at least one of a Wi-Fi hotspot whose identification information is stored in the terminal or an open Wi-Fi hotspot that does not need to be identified; and, wherein

connecting to the candidate Wi-Fi hotspot comprises:

connecting to the target Wi-Fi hotspot; and,

receiving the response code returned by the Wi-Fi hotspot comprises:

receiving the response code returned by the target Wi-Fi hotspot; and

determining, if the response code is a first response code, that the Wi-Fi hotspot is the Internet-accessible hotspot comprises:

if the response code is the first response code, determining that the target Wi-Fi hotspot is the Internet-accessible hotspot.

3. The method according to claim 1 , wherein determining the network quality obtained when the terminal accesses a network by using the Internet-accessible hotspot comprises:

connecting to the Internet-accessible hotspot;

sending a network data loading request to the Internet-accessible hotspot;

obtaining network data that is returned by the Internet-accessible hotspot and that is corresponding to the network data loading request;

collecting a data loading parameter in the network data loading request, wherein the data loading parameter comprises at least one piece of Transmission Control Protocol (TCP) data or Wi-Fi over-the-air (OTA) data; and

determining, according to the data loading parameter and a preset rating condition, the network quality obtained when the terminal accesses the network by using the Internet-accessible hotspot.

4. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the method further comprises:

determining an Internet-inaccessible hotspot in the Wi-Fi hotspots that are obtained by scanning, wherein the Internet-inaccessible hotspot is a Wi-Fi hotspot in which the terminal cannot normally access the Internet after being connected to the Internet-inaccessible hotspot.

5. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the method further comprises:

determining a network congestion hotspot in the Wi-Fi hotspots obtained by scanning, wherein the network congestion hotspot is a Wi-Fi hotspot to which the terminal is not successfully connected, or a Wi-Fi hotspot in which the Internet accessed by the terminal is in jitter after the terminal is connected to the network congestion hotspot.

6. The method according to claim 1 , wherein if the terminal is successfully connected to the Wi-Fi hotspot, the method further comprises:

determining not to display a state in which the terminal is successfully connected to the Wi-Fi hotspot.

7. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the connecting to the Wi-Fi hotspot comprises:

determining whether Internet Protocol (IP) configuration information required for connecting to the Wi-Fi hotspot is stored; and

when the IP configuration information exists, connecting to the Wi-Fi hotspot according to the IP configuration information, wherein

the IP configuration information is IP configuration information that is dynamically allocated when the terminal is previously connected to the Wi-Fi hotspot.

8. The method according to claim 7 , further comprising:

when the IP configuration information does not exist, obtaining the IP configuration information by performing a Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP) operation, and saving the IP configuration information; and

connecting to the Wi-Fi hotspot according to the IP configuration information.

9. A terminal, comprising: at least one processor, a display, a memory, and a Wireless Fidelity (Wi-Fi) module, wherein

the memory is configured to store an instruction;

the Wi-Fi module is configured to scan a Wi-Fi hotspot;

the processor is configured to invoke the instruction stored in the memory to:

access internet by a mobile data service;

determine default routing network port according to the mobile data service;

determine an Internet-accessible hotspot in Wi-Fi hotspots that are obtained by the Wi-Fi module by scanning; and

determine network quality obtained when the terminal accesses a network by using the Internet-accessible hotspot; and

the display is configured to display an identifier of the Internet-accessible hotspot and an identifier that indicates the network quality, wherein the terminal determines the Internet-accessible hotspot by:

determining an authentication hotspot in the Wi-Fi hotspots that are obtained by scanning, wherein the authentication hotspot is a Wi-Fi hotspot in which the terminal accesses the Internet by performing login authentication after being connected to the authentication hotspot;

filtering out the authentication hotspot from the Wi-Fi hotspots obtained by scanning;

connecting to a candidate Wi-Fi hotspot in the Wi-Fi hotspots obtained by scanning without the authentication hotspot;

retaining the default routing network port according to the mobile data service;

receiving a response code returned by the candidate Wi-Fi hotspot; and

determining, if the response code is a first response code, that the candidate Wi-Fi hotspot is the Internet-accessible hotspot.

Assignments (1)
NUNC PRO TUNC ASSIGNMENT Recorded Feb 5, 2026
From: HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
To: NOKIA TECHNOLOGIES OY
Reel/Frame 074707/0221 →
Continuity (2)
Continuation 16090249
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