System and method for providing advertisement to wireless network service user
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1. A communication network service providing system, comprising:
- a connection request receiving unit to receive a wireless network connection request to a communication network from a mobile terminal via an access point of the communication network;
a page providing unit to provide, in response to the wireless network connection request, the mobile terminal with a doorway page and a search page, at least one of the doorway page and the search page providing information data and being associated with the requested wireless network connection;
a terminal authentication unit to authenticate the mobile terminal requesting the network connection request when authentication information is provided by the mobile terminal in the doorway page; and
a network service providing unit to provide the mobile terminal with a wireless communication network service associated with the wireless network connection when the authentication information provided by the mobile terminal is authenticated,wherein the doorway page is a starting page for the mobile terminal to connect with the requested wireless network connection,wherein the authentication information is provided to the mobile terminal locally without the mobile terminal obtaining the authentication information from the communication network, andwherein the information data provided on the doorway page and the search page comprises at least one of information data of a party managing the access point and information data of another party.
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Abstract
Provided are a system and method for providing a wireless network service to a user terminal free of charge, by providing a doorway page for exposing an advertisement on the user terminal provided with the wireless network service through an access point. Accordingly, the user terminal may be provided with the wireless network service free of charge, other than the cost of viewing the advertisement exposed on the doorway page. An advertiser and a proprietor may expose the advertisement at the cost of providing the free wireless network service.
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1. A communication network service providing system, comprising:
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a connection request receiving unit to receive a wireless network connection request to a communication network from a mobile terminal via an access point of the communication network; a page providing unit to provide, in response to the wireless network connection request, the mobile terminal with a doorway page and a search page, at least one of the doorway page and the search page providing information data and being associated with the requested wireless network connection; a terminal authentication unit to authenticate the mobile terminal requesting the network connection request when authentication information is provided by the mobile terminal in the doorway page; and a network service providing unit to provide the mobile terminal with a wireless communication network service associated with the wireless network connection when the authentication information provided by the mobile terminal is authenticated, wherein the doorway page is a starting page for the mobile terminal to connect with the requested wireless network connection, wherein the authentication information is provided to the mobile terminal locally without the mobile terminal obtaining the authentication information from the communication network, and wherein the information data provided on the doorway page and the search page comprises at least one of information data of a party managing the access point and information data of another party. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A communication network service providing method, comprising:
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receiving a wireless network connection request to a communication network from a mobile terminal via an access point of the communication network; providing, in response to the wireless network connection request, the mobile terminal with a doorway page and a search page, at least one of the doorway page and the search page displaying information data and being associated with the requested wireless network connection; authenticating the mobile terminal requesting the network connection request when authentication information is provided by the mobile terminal in the doorway page; and providing the mobile terminal with a wireless communication network service in response to the authentication of the mobile terminal provided with at least one of the doorway page and the search page, wherein the doorway page is a starting page for the mobile terminal to connect to the requested wireless network connection, wherein the authentication information is provided to the mobile terminal locally without the mobile terminal obtaining the authentication information from the communication network, and wherein the information data provided on the doorway page and the search page comprises at least one of information data of a party managing the access point and information data of another party. - View Dependent Claims (11)
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