Method and system for wirelessly accessing a network

• US 10,134,043 B2
• Filed: 08/13/2007
• Issued: 11/20/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 08/13/2007
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: R2 Solutions LLC (Acacia Research Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Excalibur IP, LLC (Acacia Research Corporation)
• Inventors: Chan, Alwin
• Primary Examiner(s): Akintola, Olabode
• Application Number:
  US11/837,853
• Publication Number:
  US 20090048915A1
• Time in Patent Office: 4,117 Days
• Field of Search: 705 35- 44, 709227, 715200
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/02 Marketing; Price estimation or determination; Fundraising
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0267 Wireless devices
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 48/18 Selecting a network or a communication service

Abstract

Systems and methods for wirelessly accessing a network are set forth in this disclosure. Specifically, this disclosure sets forth systems and methods for using advertising to regulate wireless access to a network.

Claims

1. A method comprising:

receiving, at an Internet service provider (ISP) server, a network access request from a computing device wirelessly connected to a wireless access point, the wireless access point connected to a network via the service provider;

determining, via the ISP server, that the computing device comprises browser functionality comprising a displayable interface for rendering a particular type of content;

upon determining the computing device comprises the browser functionality, retrieving, via the ISP server, media information from a media source that is renderable by the interface of the browser;

transmitting, via the ISP server, the media information to the computing device based at least partially upon selected selection criteria, the selection criteria comprising network transmission properties comprising a user selected rendering frequency of the media information at the computing device;

electronically connecting, via the ISP server, the computing device to the network in accordance with the network transmission properties and based on the determination that the computing device includes the browser functionality for rendering the particular type of content within the displayable interface;

identifying, via the ISP server, an amount of the media information transmitted to the computing device;

regulating, via the ISP server, at least one network access property of the electronic connection between the computing device and the network based upon said amount of the media information transmitted to the computing device;

determining, via the ISP server, whether said transmission of said media information is accepted by said computing device; and

disconnecting, via the ISP server, the computing device from the network when said transmission of the media information is determined to not have been accepted.

2. The method of claim 1 wherein the displayable interface of the browsing application comprises a displayable toolbar.

3. The method of claim 1 wherein the displayable interface of the browsing application comprises at least one web page frame.

4. The method of claim 1 wherein the network access request identifies a geographic location of the computing device and the method further comprises:

transmitting media information corresponding to the geographic location of the computing device.

5. The method of claim 1 wherein the displayable interface of the browsing application is associated with the service provider or the wireless access point.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein said media information comprises at least one digital image comprising digital advertisement content.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein said at least one network access property comprises a latency, processing speed, transmission speed and bandwidth.