Mobile terminal, access point related content providing server, access point related content acquiring method, mobile terminal program

• US 9,462,620 B2
• Filed: 08/29/2014
• Issued: 10/04/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 04/24/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Optim LLC
• Original Assignee: Optim LLC
• Inventors: Sugaya, Shunji
• Primary Examiner(s): Kassim, Khaled
• Assistant Examiner(s): ALI, SYED
• Application Number:
  US14/472,577
• Publication Number:
  US 20150312949A1
• Time in Patent Office: 767 Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/95 Retrieval from the web
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/9537 Spatial or temporal dependent retrieval, e.g. spatiotemporal queries
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 61/5007 Internet protocol [IP] addresses
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72445 for supporting Internet browser applications
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/021 Services related to particular areas, e.g. point of interest [POI] services, venue services or geofences
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 76/11 Allocation or use of connection identifiers
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 8/26 Network addressing or numbering for mobility support

Abstract

A content based on location information is provided to a mobile terminal. The mobile terminal 10 is communicatively connected to an access point related content providing server that includes a storage unit having an access point related content database 250 in which IP addresses and URLs of contents are associated with each other and are stored. The mobile terminal 10 performs a communication with a wireless access point to access a public network, acquires an IP address of the wireless access point, and transmits the acquired IP address to the access point related content providing server. The mobile terminal 10 receives an URL of a content that is associated with the transmitted IP address or location information identified by the transmitted IP address, and acquires the content designated by the received URL.

Claims

1. A mobile terminal communicatively connected to an access point related content providing server, the mobile terminal comprising:

a controller configured to execute one or more modules comprising;

an access point communication module configured to perform a communication with a wireless access point to access a public network;

an IP (Internet Protocol) address acquisition module configured to acquire an IP address of the wireless access point or an IP address of a router connected to the wireless access point;

an IP address transmission module configured to transmit the acquired IP address to the access point related content providing server;

an URL (Uniform Resource Locator) reception module configured to receive from the access point related content providing server an URL of a content that is associated with the transmitted IP address or location information identified by the transmitted IP address; and

a content acquisition module configured to acquire the content designated by the received URL,

wherein the storing unit further includes a location related content database in which location information of requestors and URLs of contents are associated with each other and are stored,

wherein the access point related content providing server further comprises;

a location information identification module configured to identify a location of the mobile terminal based on the received IP address; and

a proximity content extraction module configured to extract from the location related content database an URL of a content that is associated with location information within a predetermined range from the identified location,

wherein proximity content extraction module extracts the location information that is within a predetermined range from the identified location information and extracts from the location related content table the content that is associated with the extracted location information,

wherein a plurality of contents are extracted, a content having the largest weight may be extracted with reference to the weights.

2. The mobile terminal of claim 1, wherein, when the mobile terminal moves and connects to a second wireless access point, the URL reception module receives from the access point related content providing server a second URL of a second content that is associated with a second IP address of the second wireless access point or a second router connected to the second wireless access point, and the content acquisition module displays the second content designated by the second URL instead of the content.

3. The mobile terminal of claim 2, wherein the mobile terminal monitors movement of the mobile terminal to change the displayed content.

4. An access point related content providing server communicatively connected to a mobile terminal, the access point related content providing server comprising:

a storage unit including an access point related content database in which IP addresses of requestors and URLs (Uniform Resource Locators) of contents are associated with each other and are stored; and

a controller configured to execute one or more modules comprising;

a requestor IP (Internet Protocol) address reception module configured to receive from the mobile terminal an IP address of the wireless access point or a router to which the mobile terminal is connected;

a related content extraction module configured to extract from the access point related content database an URL of a content that is associated with the received IP address; and

an access point related content providing module configured to provide the mobile terminal with the extracted URL,

wherein the storing unit further includes a location related content database in which location information of requestors and URLs of contents are associated with each other and are stored,

wherein the access point related content providing server further comprises;

a location information identification module configured to identify a location of the mobile terminal based on the received IP address; and

a proximity content extraction module configured to extract from the location related content database an URL of a content that is associated with location information within a predetermined range from the identified location,

wherein proximity content extraction module extracts the location information that is within a predetermined range from the identified location information and extracts from the location related content table the content that is associated with the extracted location information,

wherein a plurality of contents are extracted, a content having the largest weight may be extracted with reference to the weights.

5. The access point related content providing server of claim 4, wherein, when the mobile terminal moves and connects to a second wireless access point, the related content extraction module extracts from the access point related content database a second URL of a second content that is associated with a second IP address of the second wireless access point or a second router connected to the second wireless access point, and the access point related content providing module provides the mobile terminal with the second URL to allow the mobile terminal to display the second content designated by the second URL instead of the content.

6. A method of acquiring an access point related content by a mobile terminal communicatively connected to an access point related content providing server, the method comprising:

acquiring an IP (Internet protocol) address of a wireless access point or a router being used to access a public network;

transmitting the acquired IP address to the access point related content providing server;

receiving from the access point related content providing server an URL (Uniform Resource Locator) of a content that is associated with the transmitted IP address or location information identified by the transmitted IP address; and

acquiring the content designated by the received URL,

wherein the storing unit further includes a location related content database in which location information of requestors and URLs of contents are associated with each other and are stored,

wherein the access point related content providing server further comprises;

a location information identification module configured to identify a location of the mobile terminal based on the received IP address; and

a proximity content extraction module configured to extract from the location related content database an URL of a content that is associated with location information within a predetermined range from the identified location,

wherein proximity content extraction module extracts the location information that is within a predetermined range from the identified location information and extracts from the location related content table the content that is associated with the extracted location information,

wherein a plurality of contents are extracted, a content having the largest weight may be extracted with reference to the weights.

7. The method of claim 6, further comprising, when the mobile terminal moves and connects to a second wireless access point:

receiving from the access point related content providing server a second URL of a second content that is associated with a second IP address of the second wireless access point or a second router connected to the second wireless access point; and

displaying the second content designated by the second URL instead of the content.

8. The method of claim 7, further comprising monitoring movement of the mobile terminal to change the displayed content.

9. A non-transitory recording medium that stores a program for executing an access point related content acquiring method on a mobile terminal that is communicatively connected to an access point related content providing server, the access point related content acquiring method comprising:

acquiring an IP (Internet protocol) address of a wireless access point or a router being used to access a public network;

transmitting the acquired IP address to the access point related content providing server;

receiving from the access point related content providing server an URL (Uniform Resource Locator) of a content that is associated with the transmitted IP address or location information identified by the transmitted IP address; and

acquiring the content designated by the received URL,

wherein the storing unit further includes a location related content database in which location information of requestors and URLs of contents are associated with each other and are stored,

wherein the access point related content providing server further comprises;

a location information identification module configured to identify a location of the mobile terminal based on the received IP address; and

a proximity content extraction module configured to extract from the location related content database an URL of a content that is associated with location information within a predetermined range from the identified location,

wherein proximity content extraction module extracts the location information that is within a predetermined range from the identified location information and extracts from the location related content table the content that is associated with the extracted location information,

wherein a plurality of contents are extracted, a content having the largest weight may be extracted with reference to the weights.

10. The non-transitory recording medium of claim 9, wherein the access point related content acquiring method further comprises, when the mobile terminal moves and connects to a second wireless access point:

receiving from the access point related content providing server a second URL of a second content that is associated with a second IP address of the second wireless access point or a second router connected to the second wireless access point; and

displaying the second content designated by the second URL instead of the content.

11. The non-transitory recording medium of claim 10, wherein the access point related content acquiring method further comprises monitoring movement of the mobile terminal to change the displayed content.