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 for which an Internet service provider server pays mobile communication network usage fee of a terminal, the method comprising:
selecting, at the terminal, a predetermined sponsored content for the sponsored service; authenticating, at a sponsorship manager as a device for managing the sponsored service on the mobile communication network, validity of the sponsored service to the terminal; transmitting the sponsored content including at least one of IspCode for identifying the internet service provider server and a IspTrfCode for identifying the sponsored service from the Internet service provider server to the terminal; and releasing connection between the terminal and the sponsorship manager and collecting traffic information on the sponsored service.