Wireless Access Point Filtering and Password Automation
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Solution Overview
Problem
iOS devices lack personalized ranking and filtering when selecting wireless access points, requiring users to manually input passwords for private access points, which is inconvenient.
Innovation Solution
A method and apparatus that acquire wireless access points information by detecting user operations, presenting a list of access points, and connecting to selected access points, with features to indicate password requirements and retrieve passwords from a server, allowing for filtered and efficient connection.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If users manually select from system wireless access points list on iOS devices, then connection to wireless access points is achieved, but personalized ranking and filtering is not provided, reducing ease of operation
Solution Approach 1:
The patent segments the wireless access points list into different categories (e.g., free/open access points, private access points requiring password) and applies different processing methods to each segment. This allows personalized ranking and filtering while maintaining the overall system structure, directly resolving the contradiction between ease of operation and adaptability.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent introduces a server as an intermediary between the user device and wireless access points. The server performs personalized ranking and filtering of access points based on user preferences and historical data, then returns the filtered list to the user device. This intermediary enables advanced functionality without complicating the user interface, resolving the contradiction between ease of operation and adaptability.
2Ease of operation
If users manually input passwords for private wireless access points, then connection authentication is achieved, but user convenience is reduced, worsening ease of operation
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements preliminary action by automatically retrieving and storing passwords for private wireless access points in advance. When a user attempts to connect to a password-protected access point, the system has already obtained the necessary authentication credentials through prior actions (such as automatic password retrieval from stored information or pre-authentication processes), eliminating the need for manual password input at the moment of connection and thus resolving the contradiction between ease of operation and time loss.
3Loss of information
If the system provides comprehensive wireless access points information including password-protected access points, then information completeness is improved, but information security risks increase, worsening object-affected harmful factors
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies local quality by differentiating the handling of information based on its sensitivity. Public wireless access points information is displayed openly, while password-protected access points information is handled with special security measures (such as masking passwords, requiring additional authentication, or displaying only when appropriate). This localized differentiation maintains information completeness while minimizing security risks by applying appropriate security measures to each type of information.
Data Source
AI summary
The embodiments of the present application disclose a method and apparatus for acquiring wireless access points information. One specific embodiment of the method comprises: in response to detecting a user operation of initiating a target application, acquiring a Wifi privilege; in response to detecting that the user opening a system interface for displaying a wireless access points information list, acquiring the wireless access points information list; in response to detecting a switch from the system interface for displaying the wireless access points information list to an interface of the target application, presenting the wireless access points information list in the interface of the target application. The embodiment implements displaying the wireless access points information list in the interface of the target application of a terminal device.