Method and apparatus for providing internet service carrying out fee payment in wireless communication network

摘要

The present disclosure relates to a method and an apparatus for an Internet service provider server providing a sponsored service, in which a service provider server pays a mobile communication usage fee in place of a user equipment, and the method for providing the sponsored service comprises: a connection step of selecting predetermined sponsored content so as to provide the sponsored service by means of the user equipment accessing the Internet service provider server; an authentication step of authenticating to the user equipment that the sponsor service is valid by a sponsorship manager, which is a device for managing the sponsor service, connecting with the user equipment on the mobile communication network; a step for the Internet transmitting to the user equipment the sponsored content that comprises in an IP packet either an IspCode, which is pre-allocated by the sponsorship manager for identifying the Internet provider server, or an IspTrfCode, which is pre-allocated by the sponsorship manager for identifying the sponsored service; and a ending step of ending the connection between the user equipment and the sponsorship manager, and the user equipment and the sponsorship manager collecting traffic information with regard to the sponsored service.

主权项

1. A method for providing a sponsored service by a sponsorship manager the method comprising:
registering a terminal for provision of the sponsored service; registering an internet service provider server; allocating code information for identifying the internet service provider server and code information for identifying the sponsored service to the terminal if the terminal is registered; when a predetermined sponsored content for the sponsored service is selected by the terminal, authenticating validity of the sponsored service to the terminal; and when the sponsored content and at least one of code information for identifying the internet service provider server and code information for identifying the sponsored service is transmitted by the Internet service provider server to the terminal, charging a mobile communication network usage fee of the terminal to the internet service provider server based on the at least one code information, wherein the authenticating of the validity of the sponsored service comprises:
receiving the code information for identifying the internet service provider server and the code information for identifying the sponsored service, for authenticating from the terminal;determining whether the code information for identifying the internet service provider server and the code information for identifying the sponsored service are valid code information by matching the pre-allocated code information; andtransmitting a sponsored service start notification message to the terminal if the code information is valid.