SYSTEM FOR ON-DEMAND ACCESS TO LOCAL AREA NETWORKS
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Abstract
A roaming company makes payments to an aggregator of independent WLAN operators in exchange for providing Internet access services to subscribers of the roaming company. Independent WLAN operator accounts are maintained at the aggregation company.
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Citations
101 Claims
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1-61. -61. (canceled)
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62. A method, comprising:
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associating a plurality of internet service providers (ISPs) to form an aggregation;
associating a broker with the aggregation;
providing a user terminal with access to the aggregation via the broker; and
billing the user terminal in response to the user terminal accessing the aggregation. - View Dependent Claims (63, 64, 65, 66, 67, 68, 69, 70)
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71. A method, comprising:
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associating a plurality of wireless local area networks (WLANs) to form an aggregation;
associating a roaming service to the aggregation; and
providing a user terminal with access to the aggregation via the roaming service. - View Dependent Claims (72, 73, 74, 75, 76, 77)
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78. A method, comprising:
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aggregating a plurality of networks to form an aggregated provider of internet access;
associating the aggregated provider of internet access with a roaming service having a plurality of subscribers;
providing at least a portion of the plurality of subscribers with internet access via the aggregated provider of internet access; and
providing a financial incentive to the plurality of networks in response to the provided internet access. - View Dependent Claims (79, 80, 81, 82, 83)
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84. A system, comprising:
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a plurality of internet service providers (ISPs) to provide internet access;
an aggregator to aggregate at least a portion of the ISPs; and
a broker to provide internet access via at least one of the aggregated ISPs if access is requested by a user terminal. - View Dependent Claims (85, 86, 87, 88, 89, 90)
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91. A system, comprising:
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an aggregator to provide advertising data regarding a plurality of networks aggregated by the aggregator;
a display device to display the advertising data; and
a user terminal coupled to the display device, to select one of the networks in response to the displayed advertising data. - View Dependent Claims (92, 93, 94, 95, 96, 97, 98)
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99. A system, comprising:
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a user terminal to request access to the internet via a network access point; and
a verifier to verify user identification and redirect the user to a new-user-signup webpage in response to a lack of verification of user identification. - View Dependent Claims (100, 101)
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