Information pushing method, server, sharer client and third-party client

• US 10,136,317 B2
• Filed: 07/17/2015
• Issued: 11/20/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 08/08/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Advanced New Technologies Company Limited (Ant Group Co., Ltd.)
• Original Assignee: Alibaba Group Holding Ltd.
• Inventors: Zhou, Jianbo, Xiong, Yibin, Xiu, Chao, Wu, Ming
• Primary Examiner(s): Gergiso, Techane
• Application Number:
  US15/326,908
• Publication Number:
  US 20170201883A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,222 Days
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 2101/622 Layer-2 addresses, e.g. medium access control [MAC] addresses
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/0853 using an additional device, e.g. smartcard, SIM or a different communication terminal cryptographic mechanisms or cryptographic arrangements for entity authentication involving additional secure or trusted devices H04L9/3234
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/0876 based on the identity of the terminal or configuration, e.g. MAC address, hardware or software configuration or device fingerprint
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/10 for controlling access to devices or network resources
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/104 Grouping of entities
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/55 Push-based network services
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 12/06 Authentication
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 24/02 Arrangements for optimising operational condition
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/06 Selective distribution of broadcast services, e.g. multimedia broadcast multicast service [MBMS]; Services to user groups; One-way selective calling services
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/80 Services using short range communication, e.g. near-field communication [NFC], radio-frequency identification [RFID] or low energy communication
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 48/14 using user query or user detection
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 48/16 Discovering, processing access restriction or access information
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 68/00 User notification, e.g. alerting and paging, for incoming communication, change of service or the like
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 76/14 Direct-mode setup
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 84/12 WLAN [Wireless Local Area Networks]

Abstract

Disclosed in an embodiment of the present application is an information pushing method, comprising: a wireless network sharer client obtaining a first identifier of a wireless network selected from a wireless network list scanned/stored by a wireless network sharer terminal, and sending the same to a server; the server generating a second identifier and sending the same to the wireless network sharer client; the wireless network sharer changing the first identifier of the wireless network into a third identifier based on the second identifier; the wireless network sharer client obtaining a wireless network list updated by a wireless network sharer mobile terminal and sending the third identifier of the selected wireless network in the list to the server; and the server comparing the second identifier with the third identifier, and allowing successful authentication when the two identifiers are consistent, and registering information about the devices of the wireless network.

Claims

1. An information pushing method, comprising:

a server receiving a first SSID (Service Set Identifier) of a wireless network selected and sent by a terminal, wherein the wireless network includes a router;

triggered by receiving the first SSID by the server, the server generating a second SSID of the wireless network and sending the generated second SSID to the terminal for the terminal causing the router to change the first SSID into a third SSID of the wireless network based on the second SSID;

the server receiving the third SSID sent by the terminal;

the server comparing the second identifier SSID with the third SSID, and in response to determining that the second SSID and the third SSID match, allowing successful authentication of the wireless network, and registering one or more network devices on the wireless network;

the server receiving push information sent by at least one of the terminal or the one or more network devices; and

the server transmitting the received push information to a third party terminal, in response to the third-party terminal connecting to the wireless network.

2. The method according to claim 1, wherein the wireless network comprises any one of the following:

Bluetooth, infrared, wireless local area network, WIFI direct connection, ultra wide band communication, Zigbee, and near field communication.

3. The method according to claim 1, wherein the server generating a second SSID comprises:

the server obtaining a character sequence as the second SSID by using a hash algorithm based on the received first SSID;

or,

the server generating a random character sequence as the second SSID according to a preset rule.

4. The method according to claim 1, further comprising:

the server receiving a connection key of the wireless network sent by the terminal.

5. An information pushing method, comprising:

a server receiving a first SSID (Service Set Identifier) of a wireless network selected and sent by a terminal and a MAC address of a router associated with the first SSID, wherein the wireless network includes the router;

triggered by receiving the first SSID by the server, the server generating a second SSID of the wireless network and sending the generated second SSID to the terminal for the terminal causing the router to change the first SSID into a third SSID of the wireless network based on the second SSID;

the server receiving the third SSID sent by the terminal and a MAC address of the router associated with the third SSID; and

the server comparing the second SSID with the third SSID, comparing the MAC address of the router associated with the first SSID with the MAC address of the router associated with the third SSID, and allowing successful authentication of the wireless network in response to determining that the second SSID and the third SSID match, and that the MAC address of the router associated with the first SSID and the MAC address of the router associated with the third SSID match;

the server receiving push information sent by the terminal; and

the server transmitting the received push information to a third party terminal, in response to the third-party terminal connecting to the wireless network.

6. An information pushing method, comprising:

a terminal selecting a wireless network from a wireless network list, obtaining a first SSID (Service Set Identifier) of the wireless network, and sending the first SSID to a server to cause the server to generate a second SSID of the wireless network, wherein the wireless network includes a router;

the terminal receiving the second SSID sent by the server and causing the router to change the first SSID into a third SSID of the wireless network based on the second SSID;

the terminal obtaining an updated wireless network list including the third SSID and sending the third SSID to the server to cause the server to authenticate the wireless network based on comparing the second SSID and the third SSID; and

the terminal sending push information to the server to cause the server to transmit the received push information to a third party terminal, in response to the third-party terminal connecting to the wireless network.

7. The method according to claim 6, further comprising:

the terminal receiving the following configuration;

sending the push information to the third-party terminal upon reception of a message indicating successful access of the third-party terminal to the wireless network,

or,

the terminal sending the push information to the server, and notifying the server to send the push information to the third-party terminal upon reception of a message indicating successful access of the third-party terminal to the wireless network.

8. An information pushing method, comprising:

a terminal selecting a wireless network from a wireless network list, obtaining a first SSID (Service Set Identifier) of the wireless network and a MAC address of a router associated with the first SSID, and sending the first SSID and the MAC address of the router associated with the first SSID to a server to cause the server to generate a second SSID of the wireless network, wherein the wireless network includes the router;

the terminal receiving the second SSID sent by the server and causing the router to change the first SSID into a third SSID of the wireless network based on the second SSID;

the terminal obtaining an updated wireless network list including the third SSID and sending the third SSID list and a MAC address of the router associated with the third SSID to the server to cause the server to authenticate the wireless network based on comparing the second SSID and the third SSID and comparing the MAC address of the router associated with the first SSID and the MAC address of the router associated with the third SSID; and

the terminal sending push information to the server to cause the server to transmit the received push information to a third party terminal, in response to the third-party terminal connecting to the wireless network.