Service delivery through wireless access systems

摘要

A communication terminal comprising: a radio interface and a WLAN communication module configured to: generate and send an association request; receive an association response; and establish IP connectivity. The communication terminal also comprises a service selection module configured to select a computer-implemented service to be accessed; and a service execution control module configured to execute software application code implementing the selected computer-implemented service. The WLAN communication module is further configured to: in response to receiving a service selection command from the service selection module, generate an association request comprising a service identifier which identifies the selected service; parse the association response received through the radio interface to detect a link carried in the association response, wherein the link points to a network address of an application server suitable for delivering application data corresponding to the selected computer-implemented service; and initiate data communication with the network address for downloading application data.

主权项

1. A communication terminal comprising:
a radio interface; a WLAN communication module configured to:
generate and send an association request to a wireless access system through the radio interface;receive an association response from the wireless access system through the radio interface;establish IP connectivity with the wireless access system; a service selection module configured to select a computer-implemented service to be accessed; a service execution control module configured to execute software application code implementing the selected computer-implemented service; wherein the WLAN communication module is further configured to:
in response to receiving a service selection command from the service selection module, generate an association request comprising a service identifier which identifies the selected service;parse the association response received through the radio interface to detect a link carried in the association response, wherein the link points to a network address of an application server suitable for delivering application data corresponding to the selected computer-implemented service;initiate data communication with the network address for downloading the application data;parse beacon signals received through the radio interface;detect a service advertisement carried in the beacon signals indicative of a service available for selection;communicate the service advertisement to the service selection module; wherein the service selection module is further configured to:
generate a graphical user interface for displaying a set of computer-implemented services available for selection;filter the services available for selection as a function of information carried in the service advertisement; andgenerate the graphical user interface so as to display the filtered set of computer-implemented services available for selection.