Wireless network infrastructure
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Abstract
An access point of a network maintains information about data received at the access point from a server accessible via the network and provides to the server the information maintained at the access point. The access point then receives from the server a pavement for an account associated with an operator of the access point.
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86 Claims
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1-22. -22. (canceled)
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23. A method comprising:
- p1 maintaining, at a wireless access point (WAP) of a network, information about wireless user terminals that access a server coupled to a network;
providing to the server billing information for the user terminals accessing the server, based, at least in part, on the information maintained at the WAP;
receiving from the server a payment for an account associated with an operator of the WAP for providing transmission of data between the server and the wireless user terminals. - View Dependent Claims (24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30)
- p1 maintaining, at a wireless access point (WAP) of a network, information about wireless user terminals that access a server coupled to a network;
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31. In a network having a server coupled thereto, and a wireless user terminal coupled thereto via a wireless access point (WAP) of the network, a method comprising:
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posting to an account associated with the wireless user terminal an accounting of services provided by the server to the wireless user terminal;
receiving at the server a payment from the account in response to the posting; and
providing from the server a portion of the payment to an account associated with an operator of the WAP. - View Dependent Claims (32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 52)
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53. An apparatus comprising:
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means for maintaining, at a wireless access point (WAP) of a network, information about wireless user terminals that access a server coupled to a network;
means for providing to the server billing information for the user terminals accessing the server, based on the information maintained at the WAP; and
means for receiving from the server a payment for an account associated with an operator of the WAP for providing transmission of data between the server and the wireless user terminals. - View Dependent Claims (54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60)
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61. In a network having a server coupled thereto, and a wireless user terminal coupled thereto via a wireless access point (WAP) of the network, an apparatus comprising:
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means for posting to an account associated with the wireless user terminal an accounting of services provided by the server to the wireless user terminal;
means for receiving at the server a payment from the account in response to the posting; and
means for providing from the server a portion of the payment to an account associated with an operator of the WAP. - View Dependent Claims (62, 63, 64, 65, 66, 67, 68, 69, 70)
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71. An apparatus comprising:
an authenticator to enable access to a network through one or more wireless access points (WAPs), said authenticator being adapted to;
receive information from at least one of said one or more WAPs about wireless user terminals that access a server coupled to a network;
provide to the server billing information for the user terminals accessing the server based, at least in part, on said the information received from said at least one of said WAPs; and
receive from the server information regarding payment for an account associated with an operator of the at least one of said WAPs for transmitting data between the server and the wireless user terminals. - View Dependent Claims (72, 73, 74, 75, 76, 77, 78)
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79. In a network having a server coupled thereto, and a wireless user terminal coupled thereto via a wireless access point (WAP) of the network, an authenticator adapted to:
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post to an account associated with the wireless user terminal an accounting of services provided by the server to the wireless user terminal; and
receive notification of payment from said server comprising a portion of payment to said server in response to the posting. - View Dependent Claims (80, 81, 82, 83, 84, 85, 86)
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Specification