| 摘要 |
<p>Access to a distributed computer system 17, 171, 172 is achieved from a mobile terminal 11. The location or other characteristics of the terminal 11 are identified and communicated to a co-operating access control server 13. A store 15 holds details of location-based servers 16, 161, 162, which in turn have details of local computer equipment 17, 171, 172. The access control server 13 identifies a suitable location-based server 16 and provides access to the location based server so that the terminal 11 can identify the individual items of computer equipment 17, 171, 172 available. The invention allows a mobile terminal 11 to make use of location-based facilities 17 by forming a connection with the local distributed computer system 16, 17, 171, 172. Examples include access from the mobile unit to fixed equipment such as printers, or location based services such as airport check-in services. <IMAGE></p> |
