Communications network with wireless gateways for mobile terminal access
First Claim
1. A method of providing access to a communications network to users traveling through a venue, comprising the steps of:
- a) enabling each user to carry a portable, mobile unit having a wireless transceiver and a display;
b) positioning a plurality of access nodes of a local area network at fixed, spaced-apart locations throughout the venue, each access node being in communication with different content providers each having a content database offered at the venue, each access node having a wireless transceiver in wireless communication with the transceiver in the mobile unit when the user is in proximity with a respective access node;
c) initially establishing wireless communication between the mobile unit and the respective access node by associating the mobile unit with the respective access node;
d) authenticating the user of the mobile unit to enable access to the communications network; and
e) establishing communication with a respective content provider on the communications network by accessing a respective content database and retrieving content therefrom for presentation at the display of the mobile unit, and recording at least some session particulars of a communications session on a server on the communications network during which the mobile unit communicates with the respective content provider.
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Abstract
Access to a communications network is provided to a user supporting a mobile unit capable of wireless communication with at least one access node of a local area network that is capable of connecting to the communications network. Initially, wireless communication is established between the mobile unit and the access node by associating the mobile unit with the access node. The user of the mobile unit is authenticated to enable access to the communications network. Communication with a destination on the communications network is then established, and at least some session particulars are recorded of a communications session during which the mobile unit communicates with the destination on a server on the network.
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1. A method of providing access to a communications network to users traveling through a venue, comprising the steps of:
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a) enabling each user to carry a portable, mobile unit having a wireless transceiver and a display; b) positioning a plurality of access nodes of a local area network at fixed, spaced-apart locations throughout the venue, each access node being in communication with different content providers each having a content database offered at the venue, each access node having a wireless transceiver in wireless communication with the transceiver in the mobile unit when the user is in proximity with a respective access node; c) initially establishing wireless communication between the mobile unit and the respective access node by associating the mobile unit with the respective access node; d) authenticating the user of the mobile unit to enable access to the communications network; and e) establishing communication with a respective content provider on the communications network by accessing a respective content database and retrieving content therefrom for presentation at the display of the mobile unit, and recording at least some session particulars of a communications session on a server on the communications network during which the mobile unit communicates with the respective content provider. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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