CN105517189B

CN105517189B - Method and device for realizing WIFI connection

Info

Publication number: CN105517189B
Application number: CN201510893721.4A
Authority: CN
Inventors: 赵建凯; 鲍协浩; 赵小平
Original assignee: Xiaomi Inc
Current assignee: Xiaomi Inc
Priority date: 2015-11-27
Filing date: 2015-11-27
Publication date: 2020-02-07
Anticipated expiration: 2035-11-27
Also published as: CN105517189A

Abstract

The disclosure relates to a method and a device for realizing WIFI connection, which are used for improving the speed of WIFI connection. The method comprises the following steps: determining a current geographic location of a mobile device when the mobile device is ready to establish a WIFI connection; determining at least one SSID (service set identifier) of first WIFI (wireless fidelity) which is recorded in a WIFI connection record table and is within a preset range from the current geographic position, wherein the WIFI connection record table is used for recording the SSID of the WIFI which the mobile equipment has logged in; controlling the mobile device to scan in the SSID of the at least one first WIFI; and controlling the mobile equipment to establish WIFI connection through the scanning result. According to the technical scheme, the number of times of WIFI scanning can be reduced, the time for searching WIFI is shortened, and the speed of WIFI connection is increased.

Description

Method and device for realizing WIFI connection

Technical Field

The present disclosure relates to the field of terminal technologies, and in particular, to a method and an apparatus for implementing WIFI connection.

Background

With the increase of occasions (such as various coffee shops, restaurants, hotels and companies) reached by users, the number of WIFI connected by the smart phone is increased, and the log-in names and log-in passwords of the WIFI, which need to be recorded by the smart phone, are increased continuously. When the smart phone restarts the WIFI, available WIFI nearby can be scanned, at this time, the smart phone needs to search the recorded WIFI, and if the number of the recorded WIFI of the smart phone is large, the number of times the smart phone needs to scan in sequence is also large, for example, the smart phone has recorded 100 WIFI, and at least 100 times of scanning is needed, so that the time for searching the WIFI is long, and the speed for connecting the WIFI is slow.

Disclosure of Invention

In order to overcome the problems in the related art, embodiments of the present disclosure provide a method and an apparatus for implementing a WIFI connection, so as to improve the speed of the WIFI connection.

According to a first aspect of the embodiments of the present disclosure, a method for implementing WIFI connection is provided, including:

determining a current geographic location of a mobile device when the mobile device is ready to establish a WIFI connection;

determining at least one SSID (service set identifier) of first WIFI (wireless fidelity) within a preset range from the current geographic position, which is recorded in a WIFI connection record table, wherein the WIFI connection record table is used for recording the SSID of the WIFI which the mobile device has logged in;

controlling the mobile device to scan in the SSID of the at least one first WIFI;

and controlling the mobile equipment to establish WIFI connection through the scanning result.

In an embodiment, the WIFI connection record table further records a time point when an SSID accesses WIFI, and the method may further include:

determining the number of SSIDs of all WIFI recorded in the WIFI connection record table;

when the number exceeds a preset threshold value, determining the SSID of the WIFI to be deleted according to the time point when all SSIDs of the WIFI are accessed to the WIFI;

and deleting the SSID of the WIFI which needs to be deleted.

In an embodiment, the determining, according to the time point when all SSIDs of WIFI access WIFI, an SSID of WIFI that needs to be deleted may include:

determining that the time point of accessing the WIFI exceeds at least one SSID of second WIFI within a preset time period from the SSIDs of all WIFI;

determining at least one SSID of a third WIFI, which is not recorded with a mark, in the SSIDs of the second WIFI;

and determining that the SSID of the at least one third WIFI is the SSID of the WIFI which needs to be deleted.

In an embodiment, the controlling the mobile device to establish the WIFI connection through the scanning result may include:

determining whether an SSID of the at least one first WIFI is matched with the SSID of the WIFI scanned at the current geographic position or not in the scanning result;

when matched SSIDs exist, determining the SSID with the strongest signal in the matched SSIDs;

controlling the mobile equipment to establish WIFI connection with the SSID with the strongest signal;

and when the matched SSID does not exist, controlling the mobile equipment to establish WIFI connection through the SSID of the WIFI scanned at the current geographic position.

In an embodiment, the method may further comprise:

and recording the SSID of the WIFI corresponding to the WIFI connection established by the mobile equipment, the login password corresponding to the SSID and the time for establishing the WIFI connection into the WIFI connection recording table.

According to a second aspect of the embodiments of the present disclosure, there is provided an apparatus for implementing WIFI connection, including:

a first determination module configured to determine a current geographic location of a mobile device when the mobile device is ready to establish a WIFI connection;

a second determining module, configured to determine an SSID of at least one first WIFI recorded in a WIFI connection record table within a preset range from the current geographic location determined by the first determining module, wherein the WIFI connection record table is used for recording an SSID of a WIFI to which the mobile device has logged in;

a control module configured to control the mobile device to scan in the SSID of the at least one first WIFI determined by the second determination module, resulting in a scanning result;

and the WIFI connection module is configured to control the mobile device to establish a WIFI connection through the scanning result obtained by the control module.

In an embodiment, the WIFI connection record table further records a time point when an SSID accesses WIFI, and the apparatus may further include:

a third determining module configured to determine the number of SSIDs of all WIFI recorded in the WIFI connection record table;

a fourth determining module configured to determine, when the number determined by the third determining module exceeds a preset threshold, the SSID of the WIFI to be deleted according to a time point when all the SSIDs of the WIFI access the WIFI;

a deleting module configured to delete the SSID of the WIFI that needs to be deleted, which is determined by the fourth determining module.

In an embodiment, the fourth determining module may include:

a first determination submodule configured to determine, from the SSIDs of all the WIFI, that a time point of WIFI access has exceeded at least one SSID of a second WIFI for a preset time period;

a second determination sub-module configured to determine at least one SSID of a third WIFI, which is not recorded with a mark, among the SSIDs of the second WIFI determined by the first determination sub-module;

a third determining sub-module configured to determine that the SSID of the at least one third WIFI determined by the second determining sub-module is an SSID of a WIFI that needs to be deleted.

In an embodiment, the WIFI connection module may include:

a fourth determination submodule configured to determine whether there is a matching SSID of the at least one first WIFI and the SSID of the WIFI scanned at the current geographic location in the scanning result;

a fifth determining sub-module configured to determine, when the fourth determining sub-module determines that there is a matched SSID, an SSID with a strongest signal among the matched SSIDs;

a first control sub-module configured to control the mobile device to establish a WIFI connection with the SSID with the strongest signal determined by the fifth determination sub-module;

a second control sub-module configured to control the mobile device to establish a WIFI connection through the SSID of the WIFI scanned at the current geographic location when the fourth determination sub-module determines that there is no matching SSID.

In an embodiment, the apparatus may further comprise:

the recording module is configured to record the SSID of the mobile device controlled by the second control sub-module, which corresponds to WIFI connection, the login password corresponding to the SSID, and the time for establishing the WIFI connection, into the WIFI connection recording table.

According to a third aspect of the embodiments of the present disclosure, there is provided an apparatus for implementing WIFI connection, including:

a processor;

a memory for storing processor-executable instructions;

wherein the processor is configured to:

The technical scheme provided by the embodiment of the disclosure can have the following beneficial effects: the method comprises the steps of determining at least one SSID of first WIFI within a preset range from a current geographic position, which is recorded in a WIFI connection record table, controlling the mobile device to scan in the SSID of the first WIFI, and controlling the mobile device to establish WIFI connection through a scanning result, so that the number of times of WIFI scanning can be reduced, the time for searching for the WIFI is shortened, and the speed of WIFI connection is increased.

And when the number of the SSIDs of all WIFI recorded in the WIFI connection record table exceeds a preset threshold value, the SSID of the WIFI to be deleted is determined according to the time point of accessing all the SSIDs of the WIFI to the WIFI, so that the phenomenon that the WIFI connection speed of the mobile device is slower and slower due to excessive accumulated WIFI hotspots recorded in the WIFI connection record table can be avoided.

By deleting the SSID which is not marked and reserving the SSID which is marked, the SSID which is specially required by a user can be prevented from being deleted, the user can conveniently and quickly access the SSID which is marked when the user needs to access the SSID, and the user experience is improved.

By determining the SSID with the strongest signal from the matched SSIDs, the network experience of the user can be ensured.

The SSID of the WIFI corresponding to the WIFI connection established by the mobile equipment, the login password corresponding to the SSID and the time for establishing the WIFI connection are recorded in the WIFI connection recording table, so that the mobile equipment can be accessed to the WIFI network through the recorded SSID again next time, and repeated manual input of a user is avoided.

It is to be understood that both the foregoing general description and the following detailed description are exemplary and explanatory only and are not restrictive of the disclosure.

Drawings

The accompanying drawings, which are incorporated in and constitute a part of this specification, illustrate embodiments consistent with the invention and together with the description, serve to explain the principles of the invention.

Fig. 1 is a flowchart illustrating a method of implementing a WIFI connection in accordance with an example embodiment.

Fig. 2A is a flowchart illustrating a method for implementing a WIFI connection in accordance with an example embodiment.

Fig. 2B is a flowchart illustrating how to determine the SSID of WIFI that needs to be deleted according to an example embodiment.

Fig. 3 is a flowchart illustrating a method for implementing a WIFI connection according to an example embodiment.

Fig. 4 is a block diagram illustrating an apparatus for implementing WIFI connectivity in accordance with an example embodiment.

Fig. 5 is a block diagram illustrating another apparatus for implementing a WIFI connection in accordance with an example embodiment.

Fig. 6 is a block diagram illustrating an apparatus suitable for implementing WIFI connectivity in accordance with an example embodiment.

Detailed Description

Reference will now be made in detail to the exemplary embodiments, examples of which are illustrated in the accompanying drawings. When the following description refers to the accompanying drawings, like numbers in different drawings represent the same or similar elements unless otherwise indicated. The embodiments described in the following exemplary embodiments do not represent all embodiments consistent with the present invention. Rather, they are merely examples of apparatus and methods consistent with certain aspects of the invention, as detailed in the appended claims.

Fig. 1 is a flow diagram illustrating a method of implementing a WIFI connection in accordance with an example embodiment; the method for realizing the WIFI connection can be applied to mobile equipment (such as a smart phone and a tablet computer), and as shown in fig. 1, the method for realizing the WIFI connection comprises the following steps of S101-S104:

in step S101, when the mobile device is ready to establish a WIFI connection, a current geographic location of the mobile device is determined.

In one embodiment, the current geographic location of the mobile device may be determined by a location module on the mobile device, such as a GSP module or the like.

In step S102, at least one SSID of a first WIFI device recorded in the WIFI connection record table within a preset range from the current geographic location is determined, where the WIFI connection record table is used to record an SSID of a WIFI device that the mobile device has logged in.

In an embodiment, the WIFI connection record table may record a Service Set Identifier (SSID) of WIFI that the mobile device has accessed, and a login password and a login time point of the SSID. For example, the mobile device has accessed the SSID ABC1 of cafe 1 facing sun, the SSID ABC2 of cafe 2 facing sun, the SSIDABC3 of restaurant 3 facing sun, the SSID ABC4 of hotel 1, the SSID ABC5 of hotel 2, the SSID ABC6 of north river, the SSID ABC7 of Mongolia, the SSID ABC8 of south of the sea, etc., then the WIFI connection record table may record the above-mentioned SSID, the corresponding login password, and the time point of accessing WIFI in a list, and the format of the WIFI connection record table may be referred to table 1.

TABLE 1

Geographic location	SSID	Login password	Access time point
				Rising yang	ABC1	1231	2015.10.30
Rising yang	ABC2	1232	2015.11.02
				Rising yang	ABC3	1233	2015.05.09
Sea starch	ABC4	1234	2015.06.04
				Sea starch	ABC5	1235	2015.01.12
Hebei river	ABC6	1236	2015.10.01
				Inner cover	ABC7	1237	2014.10.11
Hainan province	ABC8	1238	2014.1.12

In an embodiment, when the current geographic location is a coordinate point located in the sunward region, the SSIDs within a set range (e.g., 500 meters) of the coordinate point are ABC1 and ABC2, so that at least one SSID of the first WIFI corresponding to sunward, i.e., ABC1 and ABC2, can be screened from table 1 above, and the sunward ABC3 is excluded.

In step S103, the mobile device is controlled to scan in at least one SSID of the first WIFI.

In an embodiment, the mobile device scans from the at least one first WIFI (i.e., ABC1 and ABC2) that has been screened out, so that the scanning search from table 1 can be avoided, and the number of scanning times is reduced.

And in step S104, controlling the mobile device to establish the WIFI connection through the scanning result.

In an embodiment, whether at least one SSID of the first WIFI is matched with the SSID of the WIFI scanned at the current geographic position exists in the scanning result is determined; when the matched SSIDs exist, determining the SSID with the strongest signal in the matched SSIDs; controlling the mobile equipment to establish WIFI connection with the SSID with the strongest signal; and when the matched SSID does not exist, controlling the mobile equipment to establish WIFI connection through the SSID of the WIFI scanned at the current geographic position.

In this embodiment, the SSID of the at least one first WIFI within the preset range from the current geographic position recorded in the WIFI connection record table is determined, the mobile device is controlled to scan in the SSID of the at least one first WIFI, and the mobile device is controlled to establish the WIFI connection through the scanning result, so that the number of times of WIFI scanning can be reduced, the time for finding the WIFI is shortened, and the speed of the WIFI connection is increased.

determining the number of SSIDs of all WIFI recorded in a WIFI connection record table;

when the number exceeds a preset threshold value, determining the SSID of the WIFI to be deleted according to the time point of accessing all SSIDs of the WIFI to the WIFI;

and deleting the SSID of the WIFI which needs to be deleted.

In an embodiment, determining the SSID of the WIFI that needs to be deleted according to the time point when all SSIDs of the WIFI access the WIFI may include:

determining that the time point of accessing the WIFI exceeds at least one SSID of second WIFI within a preset time period from all SSIDs of the WIFI;

determining at least one SSID of third WIFI, which is not recorded with marks, in the SSIDs of the second WIFI;

In an embodiment, controlling the mobile device to establish the WIFI connection through the scanning result may include:

determining whether at least one SSID of the first WIFI exists in the scanning result and the SSID matched with the SSID of the WIFI scanned at the current geographic position;

when the matched SSIDs exist, determining the SSID with the strongest signal in the matched SSIDs;

In an embodiment, the method may further comprise:

and recording the SSID of the WIFI corresponding to the WIFI connection established by the mobile equipment, the login password corresponding to the SSID and the time for establishing the WIFI connection into a WIFI connection recording table.

Please refer to the following embodiments for details on how to implement WIFI connection.

Therefore, the method provided by the embodiment of the disclosure can reduce the number of times of WIFI scanning, shorten the time for finding WIFI, and improve the speed of WIFI connection.

The technical solutions provided by the embodiments of the present disclosure are described below with specific embodiments.

Fig. 2A is a flowchart illustrating a method of implementing a WIFI connection according to an example embodiment, and fig. 2B is a flowchart illustrating how to determine an SSID of WIFI that needs to be deleted according to an example embodiment; in this embodiment, by using the method provided by the embodiment of the present disclosure, how to update the WIFI connection record table is exemplarily described by combining the above table 1, as shown in fig. 2A, the method includes the following steps:

in step S201, the number of SSIDs of all of the WIFI devices recorded in the WIFI connection record table is determined.

In step S202, when the number exceeds the preset threshold, the SSID of the WIFI that needs to be deleted is determined according to the time point when all SSIDs of the WIFI access the WIFI.

In step S203, the SSID of the WIFI that needs to be deleted in the WIFI connection record table is deleted.

In an embodiment, time points at which all SSIDs of WIFI access to WIFI may be recorded in the WIFI connection record table, so that the SSID of WIFI that needs to be deleted may be determined according to the time points, for example, SSIDs of WIFI that are not connected for more than half a year may be deleted, so as to ensure that the number of SSIDs recorded in the WIFI connection record table is within a certain number, for example, only 20 SSIDs of WIFI are recorded in the WIFI connection record table, thereby preventing the WIFI connection speed of the mobile device from being slower and slower due to excessive accumulated WIFI hotspots recorded in the WIFI connection record table. In another embodiment, the SSID of the WIFI that needs to be deleted may also be determined according to the time point and the access times, for example, the SSID that exceeds the set time period and has the access times less than a certain threshold is deleted, so that the SSID of the WIFI that the mobile device does not frequently access may be deleted, and the SSID recorded in the WIFI connection record table may be reduced.

Specifically, how to determine the SSID of the WIFI that needs to be deleted, in an embodiment, as shown in fig. 2B, the determining the SSID of the WIFI that needs to be deleted may include the following steps:

in step S211, it is determined from all SSIDs of WIFI in the WIFI connection record table that a time point of accessing WIFI is greater than at least one SSID of second WIFI in a preset time period.

In step S212, at least one SSID of a third WIFI, in which no flag is recorded, is determined from the SSIDs of the second WIFI.

In step S213, it is determined that the SSID of at least one third WIFI is an SSID of a WIFI that needs to be deleted.

In an embodiment, the preset time period may be set by a user in a customized manner, for example, if the preset time period is half a year, the SSID of the WIFI that is not accessed for more than half a year may be deleted. In an embodiment, a flag may be recorded in the WIFI connection record table, for example, 1 indicates that the flag is marked, and 0 indicates that the flag is not marked.

Specifically, as shown in table 1 above, when the current time is day 11/01 in 2015, the SSIDs of the at least one second WIFI that is not accessed in more than half year are ABC3, ABC5, ABC7 and ABC8, if ABC7 is an SSID of WIFI of a parent whose user is insidious, the SSID may not need to be deleted by the user, and thus the SSID may be marked so that the marked SSID may not be deleted in an overdue situation, and ABC3, ABC5 and ABC8 may be an SSID that the user has accessed due to factors such as service needs or traveling, and the user does not mark ABC3, ABC5 and ABC8, ABC3, ABC5 and ABC8 are SSIDs of the at least one third WIFI that are not marked in this embodiment, so that ABC3, ABC5 and ABC8 may be determined as SSIDs that need to be deleted.

In the embodiment, the SSID which is not marked is deleted, and the marked SSID is reserved, so that the SSID which is specially required by a user can be prevented from being deleted, the user can conveniently and quickly access the SSID which is marked when the user needs to access the SSID, and the user experience is improved.

Fig. 3 is a flowchart illustrating a method for implementing a WIFI connection according to an example embodiment; in this embodiment, by using the above method provided by the embodiment of the present disclosure, an example of how to control the mobile device to establish the WIFI connection through the scanning result is described, as shown in fig. 3, the method includes the following steps:

in step S301, it is determined whether there is a matching SSID between the SSID of the at least one first WIFI and the SSID of the WIFI scanned at the current geographic location in the scanning result, and when there is a matching SSID, step S302 is performed, and when there is no matching SSID, step S304 is performed.

For example, the matching SSIDs for the SSIDs of WIFI of the current geographic location scan include: BCD1, BCD2, BCD3, ABC1 and ABC 2. Since the SSIDs of the at least one first WIFI obtained by the above-described embodiment include ABC1, ABC2, it may be determined that there are matching SSIDs, which are ABC1, ABC 2. When the matched SSID of the WIFI scanned at the current geographic location does not include ABC1 or ABC2, it may be determined that there is no matched SSID.

In step S302, when there is a matching SSID, the SSID with the strongest signal among the matching SSIDs is determined, and step S303 is performed.

In an embodiment, since more than two matching SSIDs may be included, the strongest signal of the matching SSIDs may be determined, for example, the mobile device may first detect the signal strengths corresponding to ABC1 and ABC2, and determine the SSID with the largest signal strength from the two SSIDs, so as to ensure the network experience of the user.

In step S303, the mobile device is controlled to establish a WIFI connection with the SSID with the strongest signal, and the process ends.

In step S304, when there is no matching SSID, the mobile device is controlled to establish a WIFI connection through the SSID of the WIFI scanned at the current geographic location, and step S305 is executed.

In step S305, the SSID of the WIFI corresponding to the mobile device establishing the WIFI connection, the login password corresponding to the SSID, and the time of establishing the WIFI connection are recorded in the WIFI connection record table, and the process ends.

In one embodiment, the SSID of the WIFI that the user needs to access may be prompted by a dialog box, for example, the user establishes a WIFI connection through BCD 3. In order to ensure that the user needs to access the SSID at a later date, the BCD3, the corresponding login password and the time for establishing the WIFI connection may be recorded in the WIFI connection record table, so that the mobile device needs to access the WIFI network again through the BCD 3.

In the embodiment, when the matched SSID exists, the SSID with the strongest signal in the matched SSID is determined, so that the network experience of a user can be ensured; the SSID of the WIFI corresponding to the WIFI connection established by the mobile equipment, the login password corresponding to the SSID and the time for establishing the WIFI connection are recorded in the WIFI connection recording table, so that the mobile equipment can be accessed to the WIFI network through the recorded SSID again next time, and repeated manual input of a user is avoided.

Fig. 4 is a block diagram illustrating an apparatus for implementing a WIFI connection according to an exemplary embodiment, where the apparatus for implementing a WIFI connection includes:

a first determining module 41 configured to determine a current geographic location of the mobile device when the mobile device is ready to establish the WIFI connection. In an embodiment, the first determining module 41 may determine the current geographic location of the mobile device through a positioning module on the mobile device, for example, a GSP module or the like.

And a second determining module 42 configured to determine an SSID of at least one first WIFI device recorded in the WIFI connection record table within a preset range from the current geographic location determined by the first determining module 41, wherein the WIFI connection record table is used for recording the SSID of the WIFI device that the mobile device has logged in. In an embodiment, the WIFI connection record table may record a Service Set Identifier (SSID) of WIFI that the mobile device has accessed, and a login password and a login time point of the SSID. For example, the mobile device has accessed the SSID ABC1 of cafe 1 facing sun, the SSID ABC2 of cafe 2 facing sun, the SSID ABC3 of restaurant 3 facing sun, the SSID ABC4 of hotel 1, the SSID ABC5 of hotel 2, the SSID ABC6 of north river, the SSID ABC7 of monument, the SSID ABC8 of south of the sea, etc., the WIFI connection record table may record the above-mentioned SSID, the corresponding login password, and the time point of accessing WIFI in a list, and the format of the WIFI connection record table may be referred to table 1 above. In an embodiment, when the current geographic location determined by the first determining module 41 is a coordinate point located in the sunward region, the second determining module 42 determines SSIDs within a set range (e.g., 500 meters) of the coordinate point to be ABC1 and ABC2, and the second determining module 42 may thus screen out the SSIDs of at least one first WIFI corresponding to sunward from table 1 above, that is, ABC1 and ABC2, and the sunward ABC3 is excluded.

A control module 43 configured to control the mobile device to scan in the SSID of the at least one first WIFI determined by the second determination module 42, resulting in a scanning result. In an embodiment, the control module 43 may scan from the at least one first WIFI (i.e., ABC1 and ABC2) that has been screened out, so that the search from table 1 may be avoided, and the number of scans is reduced.

And a WIFI connection module 44 configured to control the mobile device to establish a WIFI connection through the scanning result obtained by the control module 43. In an embodiment, WIFI connection module 44 may determine whether there is a matching SSID of the at least one first WIFI and the SSID of the WIFI scanned at the current geographic location in the scanning result; when the matched SSIDs exist, determining the SSID with the strongest signal in the matched SSIDs; controlling the mobile equipment to establish WIFI connection with the SSID with the strongest signal; and when the matched SSID does not exist, controlling the mobile equipment to establish WIFI connection through the SSID of the WIFI scanned at the current geographic position.

Fig. 5 is a block diagram of another apparatus for implementing WIFI connection according to an exemplary embodiment, as shown in fig. 5, on the basis of the above embodiment shown in fig. 4, in an embodiment, a WIFI connection record table further records a time point when an SSID accesses WIFI, and the apparatus may further include:

a third determining module 45 configured to determine the number of SSIDs of all WIFI recorded in the WIFI connection record table used by the second determining module 42;

a fourth determining module 46 configured to determine, when the number determined by the third determining module 45 exceeds a preset threshold, the SSID of the WIFI to be deleted according to the time point when all the SSIDs of the WIFI access the WIFI;

a deleting module 47 configured to delete the SSID of the WIFI that is determined by the fourth determining module 46 and needs to be deleted, so that the second determining module 42 may delete the SSID of the at least one first WIFI within the preset range from the current geographic location determined by the first determining module 41, which is recorded in the updated WIFI connection record table.

In an embodiment, time points when all SSIDs of WIFI access to WIFI may be recorded in the WIFI connection record table, so that the fourth determining module 46 may determine, according to the time points, an SSID of WIFI that needs to be deleted, for example, the deleting module 47 may delete an SSID of WIFI that is not connected for more than half a year, so as to ensure that the number of SSIDs recorded in the WIFI connection record table is within a certain number, for example, only 20 SSIDs of WIFI are recorded in the WIFI connection record table, thereby preventing too many accumulated WIFI hotspots from being recorded in the WIFI connection record table, which may cause the WIFI connection speed of the mobile device to be slower and slower. In another embodiment, the fourth determining module 46 may further determine, according to the time point and the number of accesses, an SSID of WIFI that needs to be deleted, and the deleting module 47 deletes an SSID that exceeds a set time period and has an access number that is less than a certain threshold, so that the SSID of WIFI that is not accessed frequently by the mobile device may be deleted, and SSIDs recorded in the WIFI connection record table may be reduced.

In one embodiment, the fourth determination module 46 may include:

a first determining submodule 461 configured to determine, from the SSIDs of all the WIFI, that a time point of accessing the WIFI has exceeded at least one SSID of a second WIFI for a preset time period;

a second determining sub-module 462 configured to determine at least one third WIFI SSID not recorded with a mark among the at least one second WIFI SSIDs determined by the first determining sub-module 461;

a third determining sub-module 463 configured to determine the SSID of the at least one third WIFI determined by the second determining sub-module 462 as the SSID of the WIFI that needs to be deleted.

Specifically, as shown in table 1 above, when the current time is day 01/11/2015, the first determining sub-module 461 determines that the SSIDs of the at least one second WIFI that is not accessed for more than half a year are ABC3, ABC5, ABC7 and ABC8, when ABC7 is the SSID of WIFI in the insidious parent of the user, the SSID may not need to be deleted by the user, and thus the SSID may be marked, so that the marked SSID may not be deleted in an overdue situation, and ABC3, ABC5 and ABC8 may be the SSID that the user has accessed due to business needs or travel, and the user does not mark ABC3, ABC5 and ABC8, and then ABC3, ABC5 and ABC8 are the SSID of the at least one third WIFI that is not recorded with a mark in this embodiment, so that ABC3, ABC5 and ABC8 may be determined as the SSID that needs to be deleted.

By deleting the unmarked SSID determined by the third determining sub-module 463, the marked SSID is reserved, so that the SSID with special requirements of the user can be prevented from being deleted, the user can conveniently and quickly access the marked SSID when the user needs to access the marked SSID, and the user experience is improved.

In an embodiment, WIFI connection module 44 may include:

a fourth determining sub-module 441 configured to determine whether there is at least one SSID of the first WIFI in the scanning result obtained by the control module 43 that matches the SSID of the WIFI scanned at the current geographic location. For example, the matching SSIDs for the SSIDs of WIFI of the current geographic location scan include: BCD1, BCD2, BCD3, ABC1 and ABC 2. Since the at least one SSID of the first WIFI obtained by the above-described embodiment includes ABC1 and ABC2, the fourth determination submodule 441 may determine that there is a matching SSID, which is ABC1 or ABC 2. When the matching SSID of the WIFI scanned at the current geographic location does not include ABC1 or ABC2 as described above, the fourth determination sub-module 441 may determine that there is no matching SSID.

A fifth determining sub-module 442 configured to determine the SSID with the strongest signal among the matched SSIDs when the fourth determining sub-module 441 determines that there is a matched SSID.

A first control sub-module 443 configured to control the mobile device to establish a WIFI connection with the SSID with the strongest signal determined by the fifth determination sub-module 442.

In an embodiment, since more than two matching SSIDs may be included, the fifth determining sub-module 442 may determine the strongest signal of the matching SSIDs, for example, the fifth determining sub-module 442 may first determine the signal strengths corresponding to ABC1 and ABC2, and determine the SSID with the strongest signal strength from the two SSIDs, so as to ensure the network experience of the user.

A second control sub-module 444 configured to control the mobile device to establish a WIFI connection over the SSID of the WIFI scanned by the current geographic location when the fourth determination sub-module 441 determines that there is no matching SSID.

In an embodiment, the apparatus may further comprise:

the recording module 48 is configured to record, in the WIFI connection record table, the SSID of the WIFI corresponding to the mobile device controlled by the second control sub-module 444 establishing the WIFI connection, the login password corresponding to the SSID, and the time of establishing the WIFI connection.

In one embodiment, the SSID of the WIFI that the user needs to access may be prompted by a dialog box, for example, the user establishes a WIFI connection through BCD 3. To ensure that the user needs to access the SSID at a later date, recording module 48 may record BCD3, a corresponding login password, and a time for establishing a WIFI connection into a WIFI connection record table, so that the mobile device needs to access the WIFI network again through BCD 3.

In this embodiment, when there is a matched SSID, the fifth determining sub-module 442 determines the SSID with the strongest signal among the matched SSIDs, so as to ensure the network experience of the user; the SSID of the WIFI corresponding to the WIFI connection established by the mobile device, the login password corresponding to the SSID and the time for establishing the WIFI connection are recorded into the WIFI connection recording table through the recording module 48, so that the mobile device needs to access the WIFI network through the recorded SSID again next time, and repeated manual input of a user is avoided.

Fig. 6 is a block diagram illustrating an apparatus suitable for implementing WIFI connectivity in accordance with an example embodiment. For example, the apparatus 600 may be a mobile phone, a computer, a digital broadcast terminal, a messaging device, a game console, a tablet device, a medical device, an exercise device, a personal digital assistant, and the like.

Referring to fig. 6, apparatus 600 may include one or more of the following components: processing component 602, memory 604, power component 606, multimedia component 608, audio component 610, input/output (I/O) interface 612, sensor component 614, and communication component 616.

The processing component 602 generally controls overall operation of the device 600, such as operations associated with display, telephone calls, data communications, camera operations, and recording operations. The processing elements 602 may include one or more processors 620 to execute instructions to perform all or a portion of the steps of the methods described above. Further, the processing component 602 can include one or more modules that facilitate interaction between the processing component 602 and other components. For example, the processing component 602 can include a multimedia module to facilitate interaction between the multimedia component 608 and the processing component 602.

The memory 604 is configured to store various types of data to support operation at the device 600. Examples of such data include instructions for any application or method operating on device 600, contact data, phonebook data, messages, pictures, videos, and so forth. The memory 604 may be implemented by any type or combination of volatile or non-volatile memory devices such as Static Random Access Memory (SRAM), electrically erasable programmable read-only memory (EEPROM), erasable programmable read-only memory (EPROM), programmable read-only memory (PROM), read-only memory (ROM), magnetic memory, flash memory, magnetic or optical disks.

Power component 606 provides power to the various components of device 600. Power components 606 may include a power management system, one or more power sources, and other components associated with generating, managing, and distributing power for device 600.

The multimedia component 608 includes a screen that provides an output interface between the device 600 and a user. In some embodiments, the screen may include a Liquid Crystal Display (LCD) and a Touch Panel (TP). If the screen includes a touch panel, the screen may be implemented as a touch screen to receive an input signal from a user. The touch panel includes one or more touch sensors to sense touch, slide, and gestures on the touch panel. The touch sensor may not only sense the boundary of a touch or slide action, but also detect the duration and pressure associated with the touch or slide operation. In some embodiments, the multimedia component 608 includes a front facing camera and/or a rear facing camera. The front camera and/or the rear camera may receive external multimedia data when the device 600 is in an operating mode, such as a shooting mode or a video mode. Each front camera and rear camera may be a fixed optical lens system or have a focal length and optical zoom capability.

The audio component 610 is configured to output and/or input audio signals. For example, audio component 610 includes a Microphone (MIC) configured to receive external audio signals when apparatus 600 is in an operational mode, such as a call mode, a recording mode, and a voice recognition mode. The received audio signal may further be stored in the memory 604 or transmitted via the communication component 616. In some embodiments, audio component 610 further includes a speaker for outputting audio signals.

The I/O interface 612 provides an interface between the processing component 602 and peripheral interface modules, which may be keyboards, click wheels, buttons, etc. These buttons may include, but are not limited to: a home button, a volume button, a start button, and a lock button.

The sensor component 614 includes one or more sensors for providing status assessment of various aspects of the apparatus 600. For example, the sensor component 614 may detect an open/closed state of the device 600, the relative positioning of components, such as a display and keypad of the apparatus 600, the sensor component 614 may also detect a change in position of the apparatus 600 or a component of the apparatus 600, the presence or absence of user contact with the apparatus 600, orientation or acceleration/deceleration of the apparatus 600, and a change in temperature of the apparatus 600. The sensor assembly 614 may include a proximity sensor configured to detect the presence of a nearby object without any physical contact. The sensor assembly 614 may also include a light sensor, such as a CMOS or CCD image sensor, for use in imaging applications. In some embodiments, the sensor assembly 614 may also include an acceleration sensor, a gyroscope sensor, a magnetic sensor, a pressure sensor, or a temperature sensor.

The communication component 616 is configured to facilitate communications between the apparatus 600 and other devices in a wired or wireless manner. The apparatus 600 may access a wireless network based on a communication standard, such as WiFi, 2G or 3G, or a combination thereof. In an exemplary embodiment, the communication component 616 receives broadcast signals or broadcast related information from an external broadcast management system via a broadcast channel. In an exemplary embodiment, the communication component 616 further includes a Near Field Communication (NFC) module to facilitate short-range communications. For example, the NFC module may be implemented based on Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) technology, infrared data association (IrDA) technology, Ultra Wideband (UWB) technology, Bluetooth (BT) technology, and other technologies.

In an exemplary embodiment, the apparatus 600 may be implemented by one or more Application Specific Integrated Circuits (ASICs), Digital Signal Processors (DSPs), Digital Signal Processing Devices (DSPDs), Programmable Logic Devices (PLDs), Field Programmable Gate Arrays (FPGAs), controllers, micro-controllers, microprocessors or other electronic components for performing the above-described methods.

In an exemplary embodiment, a non-transitory computer readable storage medium comprising instructions, such as the memory 604 comprising instructions, executable by the processor 620 of the apparatus 600 to perform the above-described method is also provided. For example, the non-transitory computer readable storage medium may be a ROM, a Random Access Memory (RAM), a CD-ROM, a magnetic tape, a floppy disk, an optical data storage device, and the like.

Other embodiments of the disclosure will be apparent to those skilled in the art from consideration of the specification and practice of the disclosure disclosed herein. This application is intended to cover any variations, uses, or adaptations of the disclosure following, in general, the principles of the disclosure and including such departures from the present disclosure as come within known or customary practice within the art to which the disclosure pertains. It is intended that the specification and examples be considered as exemplary only, with a true scope and spirit of the disclosure being indicated by the following claims.

It will be understood that the present disclosure is not limited to the precise arrangements described above and shown in the drawings and that various modifications and changes may be made without departing from the scope thereof. The scope of the present disclosure is limited only by the appended claims.

Claims

1. A method for implementing a WIFI connection, the method comprising:

determining at least one SSID (service set identifier) of first WIFI (wireless fidelity) which is recorded in a WIFI connection record table and is within a preset range from the current geographic position, wherein the WIFI connection record table is used for recording the SSID of the WIFI which the mobile equipment logs in and the time point when the SSID accesses the WIFI;

controlling the mobile equipment to establish WIFI connection through a scanning result;

when the number exceeds a preset threshold value, determining the SSID of the WIFI to be deleted according to the time point when the SSIDs of all the WIFI are accessed to the WIFI, wherein the method comprises the following steps:

judging whether the SSID of the at least one second WIFI contains a mark, wherein the mark is used for indicating that the SSID of the second WIFI is the SSID of a specific type of WIFI;

if yes, keeping the SSID of the second WIFI;

and if not, deleting the SSID of the second WIFI.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the controlling the mobile device to establish the WIFI connection through the scan result comprises:

when the matched SSID exists, determining the SSID with the strongest signal in the matched SSID, and controlling the mobile equipment to establish WIFI connection with the SSID with the strongest signal;

3. The method of claim 2, further comprising:

4. An apparatus for enabling WIFI connectivity, the apparatus comprising:

a second determining module, configured to determine an SSID recorded in a WIFI connection record table and within a preset range from the current geographic location determined by the first determining module, where the SSID is used for recording an SSID of WIFI that the mobile device has logged in and a time point at which the SSID accesses WIFI;

the WIFI connection module is configured to control the mobile device to establish WIFI connection through the scanning result obtained by the control module;

a deleting module configured to delete the SSID of the WIFI that needs to be deleted, which is determined by the fourth determining module;

wherein the fourth determining module comprises:

a determining module configured to determine whether the SSID of the at least one second WIFI includes a flag, where the flag is used to indicate that the SSID of the second WIFI is an SSID of a specific type of WIFI;

a decision module configured to retain the SSID of the second WIFI if yes; and if not, deleting the SSID of the second WIFI.

5. The apparatus of claim 4, wherein the WIFI connection module comprises:

6. The apparatus of claim 5, further comprising:

7. An apparatus for enabling WIFI connectivity, the apparatus comprising:

a processor;

a memory for storing processor-executable instructions;

wherein the processor is configured to:

determining at least one SSID (service set identifier) of first WIFI (wireless fidelity) within a preset range from the current geographic position, which is recorded in a WIFI connection record table, wherein the WIFI connection record table is used for recording the SSID of the WIFI which is logged in by the mobile equipment and the time point when the SSID is accessed to the WIFI;

if yes, keeping the SSID of the second WIFI;

and if not, deleting the SSID of the second WIFI.

8. A computer-readable storage medium having stored thereon computer instructions, which when executed by a processor, perform the steps of the method of any one of claims 1 to 3.