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
crediting 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 pavement 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 crediting 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. A method, comprising:
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posting to an account maintained at a wireless access point (WAP), an accounting of services provided by a server to a 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), information about wireless user terminals that access a server 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. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23)
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24. An apparatus, comprising:
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means for posting to an account maintained at a wireless access point (WAP), an accounting of services provided by a server to a 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 a wireless access point (WAP), said authenticator being configured to; receive information from the WAP about a wireless user terminal that accesses a server via the WAP; provide to the server, billing information for the user terminal based, at least in part, on said information received from the WAP; and receive from the server, information regarding payment for an account associated with an operator of the WAP. - 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 a wireless access point (WAP), an accounting of services provided by a server to a wireless user terminal via the WAP; and receive notification of payment from 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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