Wireless network infrastructure
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1. A method comprising:
- maintaining, at a wireless access point (WAP) coupled to a network, information about use of wireless user terminals that access, via the WAP, content provided via a server coupled to the network;
providing to an operator of the server, billing information for the user terminals accessing the server, based, at least in part, on the information maintained at the WAP; and
receiving a payment responsive to the billing information to an account associated with an operator of the WAP for providing transmission of data between the server and at least one of the wireless user terminals.
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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 payment for an account associated with an operator of the access point.
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46 Claims
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1. A method comprising:
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maintaining, at a wireless access point (WAP) coupled to a network, information about use of wireless user terminals that access, via the WAP, content provided via a server coupled to the network; providing to an operator of the server, billing information for the user terminals accessing the server, based, at least in part, on the information maintained at the WAP; and receiving a payment responsive to the billing information to an account associated with an operator of the WAP for providing transmission of data between the server and at least one of the wireless user terminals. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. In a network having a server 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 maintained at the WAP and associated with the wireless user terminal, an accounting of services provided by the server to the wireless user terminal via the WAP; receiving a payment from the WAP in response to the posting; and providing, from an operator of the server, a portion of the payment to an account associated with an operator of the WAP. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. 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 via the WAP; 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 an operator of 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 (18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23)
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24. 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 maintained at the WAP and 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 (25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32)
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33. An apparatus, comprising:
an authenticator to enable access to a network through one or more wireless access points (WAPs), said authenticator being configured 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 via an associated WAP; provide to the server, billing information for the user terminals that have accessed 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 (34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39)
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40. A network, comprising:
an authenticator configured to; post to an account maintained at the WAP and associated with a wireless user terminal, an accounting of services provided by a server to the wireless user terminal via a wireless access point (WAP); and receive notification of payment from said server comprising a portion of payment to said server in response to the posting of the accounting of services. - View Dependent Claims (41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46)
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