发明名称 |
Wi-Fi service delivery platform for retail service providers |
摘要 |
A method is provided for managing usage of a plurality of local area networks by a plurality of subscribers associated with a service provider. The subscribers have terminals for accessing the local area networks. The terminals each have a client program for communicating with a service provider network. For each subscriber desiring to access a local area network, the method includes: (a) receiving at a gateway at the service provider network a request for authenticating a subscriber desiring access to the local area network, the request containing subscriber credentials for the subscriber desiring access to the local area network; (b) authenticating the subscriber based on the subscriber credentials and information relating to the subscriber previously stored in a subscriber database; (c) authorizing the local area network to grant access to the subscriber when the subscriber is authenticated; (d) establishing a link between the gateway and a client program on a terminal operated by the subscriber; (e) collecting session information through the link; (f) receiving information on local area network usage by the subscriber; and (g) transmitting the information on local area network usage to a billing system for billing of usage by the subscriber.
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申请公布号 |
US2005177515(A1) |
申请公布日期 |
2005.08.11 |
申请号 |
US20040871413 |
申请日期 |
2004.06.18 |
申请人 |
TATARA SYSTEMS, INC. |
发明人 |
KALAVADE ASAWAREE;JACKSON KEVIN;GREENE JEREMY;BOMARSI ERIC |
分类号 |
H04L12/28;H04L12/56;H04W4/24;H04W12/06;H04W74/00;H04W76/02;H04W84/12;H04W88/16;(IPC1-7):G06F17/60 |
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H04L12/28 |
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