Providing advertisements to a computing device based on a predetermined criterion of a wireless access point

• US 20060164302A1
• Filed: 03/27/2006
• Published: 07/27/2006
• Est. Priority Date: 06/06/1995
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Wayport, Inc. (AT&T, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Wayport, Inc. (AT&T, Inc.)
• Inventors: Stewart, Brett B.
• Granted Patent: US 8,478,887 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 342/386
• CPC Class Codes: G01S 5/0295 Proximity-based methods, e.g. position inferred from reception of particular signals
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/107 Computer-aided management of electronic mailing [e-mailing]
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/109 Time management, e.g. calendars, reminders, meetings or time accounting
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/02 Marketing; Price estimation or determination; Fundraising
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0254 based on statistics
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0255 based on user history
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0261 based on user location
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0267 Wireless devices
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0277 Online advertisement
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/12 specially adapted for proprietary or special-purpose networking environments, e.g. medical networks, sensor networks, networks in vehicles or remote metering networks
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/52 specially adapted for the location of the user terminal
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 9/40 Network security protocols
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 15/8033 location-dependent, e.g. business or home
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2215/7435 Location dependent, e.g. Bussiness or home
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/00 Services specially adapted for wireless communication networks; Facilities therefor
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/02 Services making use of location information
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 48/08 Access restriction or access information delivery, e.g. discovery data delivery signalling during connection H04W76/00
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 48/16 Discovering, processing access restriction or access information
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 64/00 Locating users or terminals or network equipment for network management purposes, e.g. mobility management
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 8/26 Network addressing or numbering for mobility support
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 88/08 : Access point devices

Abstract

A geographic-based communications service system has a mobile unit for transmitting/receiving information, and access points connected to a network. The access points are arranged in a known geographic locations and transmit and receive information from the mobile unit. When one of the access points detects the presence of the mobile unit, it sends a signal to the network indicating the location of the mobile unit and the information requested by the mobile unit. Based on the signal received from the access point, the network communicates with information provides connected to the network and provides data to the mobile unit through the access point corresponding to the location of the mobile unit.

Claims

1-169. -169. (canceled)

17. A method comprising:

placing advertisement sin a view of an end user accessing a wireless access point (WAP), the advertisements being related to the WAP based on a profile of the WAP, wherein the profile is based on behavior of end users accessing of the respective WAP.

170. A method comprising:

placing advertisements in a view of an end user accessing a wireless access point (WAP), the advertisements being related to the WAP based on a predetermined criterion.

171. The method of claim 170, wherein the advertisements are based on a geographical location of the WAP.

172. The method of claim 170, wherein the advertisements are based on an operation of an entity providing the WAP.

173. The method of claim 170, wherein the advertisements are selected by an entity providing the WAP.

174. The method of claim 170, wherein the advertisements are based on a profile of the WAP.

175. The method of claim 174, wherein the profile is based on behavior of end users accessing the respective WAP.

176. A method comprising:

placing advertisements in a view of an end user accessing a wireless access point (WAP), the advertisements being related to the WAP based on one of a geographical location of the WAP, an operation of an entity providing the WAP, selected by the entity providing the WAP, and a profile of the WAP.

178. A machine-readable medium having stored thereon a set of instructions, which when executed, perform a method comprising of:

placing advertisement sin a view of an end user accessing a wireless access point (WAP), the advertisements being related to the WAP based on a predetermined criterion.

179. A machine-readable medium of claim 178, wherein the advertisements are based on a geographical location of the WAP.

180. A machine-readable medium of claim 178, wherein the advertisements are based on an operation of an entity providing the WAP.

181. A machine-readable medium of claim 178, wherein the advertisements are selected by an entity providing the WAP.

182. A machine-readable medium of claim 178, wherein the advertisements are based on a profile of the WAP.

183. A machine-readable medium of claim 182, wherein the profile is based on behavior of end users accessing of the respective WAP.