Wireless Local Area Network Hotspot Registration
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1. A method of handling hotspots, the method comprising:
- detecting that a wireless local area network ‘
WLAN’
to which a WLAN client device has just connected is offered by a hotspot, where access to a public network is provided by the WLAN via a gateway; and
subsequently, launching a browser application of the WLAN client device with an Internet Protocol address that ought to trigger an Internet Protocol filtering rule of the gateway such that the browser application will be redirected to a captive portal of the hotspot that enables registration for access to the public network.
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Abstract
A wireless local area network ‘WLAN’ client device that has just connected to a WLAN detects that the WLAN is offered by a hotspot, where access to a public network is provided by the WLAN via a gateway. A browser application of the WLAN client device is launched, either automatically or in response to receiving an indication via a user input element of the WLAN client device to register at the hotspot. The browser application is launched with an Internet Protocol address that ought to trigger an Internet Protocol filtering rule of the gateway.
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1. A method of handling hotspots, the method comprising:
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detecting that a wireless local area network ‘
WLAN’
to which a WLAN client device has just connected is offered by a hotspot, where access to a public network is provided by the WLAN via a gateway; andsubsequently, launching a browser application of the WLAN client device with an Internet Protocol address that ought to trigger an Internet Protocol filtering rule of the gateway such that the browser application will be redirected to a captive portal of the hotspot that enables registration for access to the public network. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
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7. A wireless local area network ‘
- WLAN’
client device comprising;a processor; an antenna; a WLAN communication interface coupled to the processor and to the antenna; one or more user input elements coupled to the processor; a display coupled to the processor; and a memory coupled to the processor, the memory storing a browser application and code which, when executed by the processor, is able to detect that a WLAN to which the WLAN client device has just connected is offered by a hotspot, where access to a public network is provided by the WLAN via a gateway and is able, subsequent to detecting that the WLAN is offered by the hotspot, to launch the browser application with an Internet Protocol address that ought to trigger an Internet Protocol filtering rule of the gateway such that the browser application will be redirected to a captive portal of the hotspot that enables registration for access to the public network. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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