Systems and methods for providing content and services on a network system

• US 8,725,888 B2
• Filed: 10/21/2013
• Issued: 05/13/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 12/08/1998
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Nomadix, Inc. (Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Nomadix, Inc. (Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation)
• Inventors: Short, Joel E., Pagan, Florence C. I., Goldstein, Joshua J.
• Primary Examiner(s): WON, MICHAEL YOUNG
• Application Number:
  US14/059,213
• Publication Number:
  US 20140059222A1
• Time in Patent Office: 204 Days
• Field of Search: 709/225, 709/229
• US Class Current: 709/229
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 15/173 using an interconnection network, e.g. matrix, shuffle, pyramid, star, snowflake
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0482 Interaction with lists of selectable items, e.g. menus
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04847 Interaction techniques to control parameter settings, e.g. interaction with sliders or dials
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/04 Billing or invoicing
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 50/163 Real estate management
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 12/14 Charging , metering or billing arrangements for data wireline or wireless communications
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 12/22 Arrangements for preventing the taking of data from a data transmission channel without authorisation means for verifying the identity or the authority of a user of a secure or secret communication system H04L9/32
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 41/00 Arrangements for maintenance, administration or management of data switching networks, e.g. of packet switching networks
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 41/0896 Bandwidth or capacity management, i.e. automatically increasing or decreasing capacities flow or congestion control using dynamic resource allocation, e.g. in-call renegotiation, H04L47/76
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 41/22 comprising specially adapted graphical user interfaces [GUI]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 45/22 Alternate routing
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 45/308 Route determination based on user's profile, e.g. premium users
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 47/25 with rate being modified by the source upon detecting a change of network conditions
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 47/29 using a combination of thresholds
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 61/25 of the same type
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 61/2503 Translation of Internet protocol [IP] addresses
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 61/4511 using domain name system [DNS]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 61/4547 for personal communications, i.e. using a personal identifier
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/08 for authentication of entities cryptographic mechanisms or cryptographic arrangements for entity authentication H04L9/32
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/0892 by using authentication-authorization-accounting [AAA] servers or protocols
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/10 : for controlling access to devices or network resources
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/104 : Grouping of entities
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/1069 : Session establishment or de-establishment
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/00 : Network arrangements or protocols for supporting network services or applications user-to-user messaging H04L51/00; network arrangements, protocols or services for supporting real-time applications in data packet communications networks H04L65/00
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/01 : Protocols
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/02 : based on web technology, e.g. hypertext transfer protocol [HTTP]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 69/08 : Protocols for interworking; Protocol conversion
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 12/088 : using filters or firewalls
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 36/12 : Reselecting a serving backbone network switching or routing node
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 76/10 : Connection setup
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 8/26 : Network addressing or numbering for mobility support
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 88/16 : Gateway arrangements

Abstract

Systems and methods for managing and providing content and services on a network system. Aspects of the invention include location-based determination of network content and services that may be provided to client computers. Other aspects of the invention include authorization and authentication components that determine access rights of client computers. Additional aspects include systems and methods for redirecting client computers to different network content. The disclosed systems and methods may be used in numerous network system applications.

Claims

1. A method for redirecting a request for access to a site associated with a destination address, from a user device in communication with a network, the method comprising:

receiving at a network communications port a request for access to a site associated with a destination address from a user device;

determining, using a processing unit, if the user device is entitled access to the site associated with the destination address;

sending a redirection message from the network communications port to the user device to direct the user device to a portal page at an address different than the destination address;

receiving from the user device a request for the portal page;

wherein, if the portal page request includes a domain name system (DNS) request directed to a DNS server, replacing an address of the requested DNS server with an address of a local DNS server.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein redirecting the user device to a portal page comprises redirecting the user device to the portal page customized with information associated with a location of the user device.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein redirecting the user device to a portal page comprises redirecting the user device to the portal page after a period of time has lapsed.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the DNS request is for a portal page.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein determining if the user device is entitled access to the site associated with the destination address is based on one or more of a user'"'"'s identity, the user device and a user'"'"'s location.

6. The method of claim 1, further comprising redirecting the user device by sending a response to the user device with a browser redirect message.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein the local DNS server resolves the DNS request.

8. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

collecting login information via the portal page if the automatic redirection is executed; and

determining, based at least in part on the collected login information, whether the user device is entitled access to the site associated with the destination address.

9. The method of claim 8, further comprising facilitating navigation by the user device to the destination address if the user device is determined to be entitled access to the site associated with the destination address based at least in part on the collected login information.

10. The method of claim 8, further comprising facilitating navigation by the user device to an address different from the address of the portal page if the user device is determined to be entitled access to the site associated with the destination address based at least in part on the collected login information.

11. A system for redirecting a request for access to a site associated with a destination address, from a user device in communication with a network, comprising:

a communications port configured to communicate with a user device; and

a processing unit communicating with the first network communications port, the processing unit including programing which, when accessed by the processing unit, causes the processing unit to automatically redirect the user device to a portal page at an address different than the destination address when at least a request for access to a network site is received from the user device, wherein the automatic redirection is executed if the user device is determined not to be entitled to network access;

wherein when a domain name system (DNS) request directed to a DNS server is received from the user device, the processing unit includes programing which, when accessed by the processing unit, causes the processing unit to replace an address of the requested DNS server with an address of a local DNS server.

12. The system of claim 11, wherein the communications port and processing unit are comprised within a gateway device.

13. The system of claim 11, wherein the processing unit redirects the user device to the portal page after a period of time has lapsed.

14. The system of claim 11, wherein the processing unit is configured to determine if the user device is entitled access to the site associated with the destination address is based on one or more of a user'"'"'s identity, the user device and a user'"'"'s location.

15. The system of claim 11, wherein the processing unit is configured to redirect the user device by sending a browser redirect message to the user device via the communications port.

16. The system of claim 11, wherein the local DNS server resolves the DNS request.

17. A method for redirecting a request for access to a site associated with a destination address, from a user device in communication with a network, the method comprising:

receiving at a network communications port a request for access to a site associated with a destination address from a user device;

determining, using a processing unit, if the user device is entitled access to the site associated with the destination address;

sending a redirection message from the network communications port to the user device to direct the user device to a portal page at an address different than the destination address;

receiving from the user device a request for the portal page;

wherein, if the portal page request includes a domain name system (DNS) request directed to a first DNS server, replacing an address of the first DNS server with an address of the second DNS server.