CONFIGURING CAPTIVE PORTALS WITH A CLOUD SERVICE

摘要

Embodiments provision captive portals on network access points (NAPs). In response to a request from a NAP owner, a cloud service associates a NAP with the NAP owner and provides a control channel for configuring the NAP. The NAP owner inputs configuration settings describing the captive portal. The cloud service processes the configuration settings to generate configuration data. The cloud service transmits the configuration data to the NAP. The NAP applies the configuration data to configure the NAP. Some embodiments configure Wi-Fi hotspots with captive portals for gated access to the Internet.

主权项

1. A system for provisioning a captive portal associated with a network access point (NAP), said system comprising:
a processor programmed to:
receive configuration settings for the captive portal, the configuration settings including identification of a first service provider and a second service provider;process the received configuration settings to:
generate configuration data for the NAP;generate a first landing page for the first service provider; andgenerate a second landing page for the second service provider.