Advertising framework for wireless networks
First Claim
1. In a wireless access point associated with a commercial entity in proximity to the wireless access point offering at least one commercial service, a method comprising:
- encoding in the wireless access point an advertisement for the at least one commercial service; and
transmitting, from the wireless access point, at least one announcement transmission comprising the advertisement for the at least one commercial service.
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Abstract
An advertising framework for transmitting advertisements from wireless access points to client devices that need not be connected to the wireless access point. The client device can display the advertisements on a user interface of the client device. Such advertisements may be transmitted, for example, as part of a control message transmitted by a wireless access point of a wireless network, or other message conventionally used to broadcast network characteristics necessary for a client device to establish a connection to the wireless access point. In terms of the Open Systems Interconnect (OSI) layered model of a network, layer 2 control messages, including announcement transmissions such as beacons, may be used for control messages.
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1. In a wireless access point associated with a commercial entity in proximity to the wireless access point offering at least one commercial service, a method comprising:
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encoding in the wireless access point an advertisement for the at least one commercial service; and transmitting, from the wireless access point, at least one announcement transmission comprising the advertisement for the at least one commercial service. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
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7. A client device operating in a network environment comprising a plurality of wireless access points, at least a portion of the wireless access points being within range of the client device, the client device comprising:
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a wireless network interface adapted to receive at least one announcement transmission from each wireless access point in the portion; a processor adapted to receive from the wireless network interface advertisement data from each announcement transmission of the at least one announcement transmission from each wireless access point in the portion, the advertising data describing a commercial service offered by a commercial entity associated with a wireless access point in the portion; and a user interface adapted to present the advertisement data to a user of the client device. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. A method of operating a client device in a network environment comprising a plurality of wireless access points, at least a portion of the wireless access points being within range of the client device, the method comprising:
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receiving at least one control message from each wireless access point in the portion; reading advertisement data from each control message of the at least one control message from each wireless access point in the portion, the advertising data describing at least one commercial service offered by a commercial entity associated with a wireless access point in the portion; and presenting via a user interface advertisements described by the advertisement data. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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