Methods and systems for connecting a mobile device to a network

• US 9,622,165 B2
• Filed: 04/07/2014
• Issued: 04/11/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 05/06/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Tencent Technology Company Limited (Tencent Holdings Limited)
• Original Assignee: Tencent Technology Company Limited (Tencent Holdings Limited)
• Inventors: Mu, Yikun
• Primary Examiner(s): Gilles, Jude Jean
• Application Number:
  US14/246,545
• Publication Number:
  US 20140330970A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,100 Days
• Field of Search: 709224, 709225
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 48/16 Discovering, processing access restriction or access information
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 48/20 Selecting an access point

Abstract

A method and system for obtaining network access modes of mobile devices are disclosed. An exemplary method may include obtaining network connection information once a mobile device connects to a network and obtaining network access point information from the network connection information. In addition, the method includes determining a network access mode corresponding to the network access point information. The method and system consistent with the present disclosure may improve the accuracy for identifying network access modes of mobile devices.

Claims

1. A method for obtaining network access mode of a mobile device, comprising:

obtaining network connection information once a mobile device connects to a network;

obtaining network access point information from the network connection information; and

determining a network access mode corresponding to the network access point information;

wherein the method further comprises;

obtaining a wireless gateway IP address if the network connection information does not provide the network access point information; and

determining the network access mode corresponding to the wireless gateway IP address.

2. The method according to claim 1, determining the network access mode further comprising:

looking up the network access mode from a mapping table mapping the network access point information to the network access mode; and

determining the network access mode of the mobile device.

3. The method according to claim 2, the method further comprising:

defining the mapping table with the network access point information mapped to the network access mode.

4. The method according to claim 1, wherein the network access point information comprises one of:

CTNET, CTWAP, 3GNET, 3GWAP, UNINET, UNIWAP, CMWAP, CMNET, Wi-Fi, and WLAN.

5. The method according to claim 1, determining the network access mode further comprising:

looking up the network access mode from a mapping table mapping the wireless gateway IP address to the network access mode; and

determining the network access mode of the mobile device.

6. The method according to claim 1, further comprising:

obtaining a wireless gateway IP address after obtaining the network access point information from the network connection information; and

determining the network access mode corresponding to the network access point information and the wireless gateway IP address.

7. The method according to claim 6, determining the network access mode further comprising:

looking up the network access mode from a mapping table mapping the wireless gateway IP address to a first network access mode and mapping the network access point information to a second network access mode; and

determining the network access mode of the mobile device based on the first and second network access modes.

8. A system for obtaining a network access mode of a mobile device, comprising:

a network connection information obtaining module configured to obtain network connection information once a mobile device connects to a network;

a network access point information obtaining module configured to obtain network access point information from the network connection information; and

a network access mode obtaining module configured to determine a network access mode corresponding to the network access point information;

wherein the system further comprises;

a gateway IP obtaining module configured to obtain a wireless gateway IP address if the network connection information does not provide the network access point information;

wherein the network access mode obtaining module determines the network access mode corresponding to the wireless gateway IP address.

9. The system according to claim 8, wherein the network access mode obtaining module is further configured to look up the network access mode from a mapping table mapping the network access point information to the network access mode;

and to determine the network access mode of the mobile device.

10. The system according to claim 9, the system further comprising:

a mapping table set-up module configured to define the mapping table with the network access point information mapped to the network access mode.

11. The system according to claim 8, wherein the network access point information comprises one of:

CTNET, CTWAP, 3GNET, 3GWAP, UNINET, UNIWAP, CMWAP, CMNET, Wi-Fi, and WLAN.

12. The system according to claim 8, wherein the network access mode obtaining module is further configured to look up the network access mode from a mapping table mapping the wireless gateway IP address to the network access mode;

and to determine the network access mode of the mobile device.

13. The system according to claim 8, wherein the network access mode obtaining module is further configured to obtain a wireless gateway IP address after obtaining the network access point information from the network connection information;

and to determining the network access mode corresponding to the network access point information and the wireless gateway IP address.

14. The system according to claim 13, wherein the network access mode obtaining module is further configured to look up the network access mode from a mapping table mapping the wireless gateway IP address to a first network access mode and mapping the network access point information to a second network access mode;

and to determine the network access mode of the mobile device based on the first and second network access modes.

15. A method for obtaining network access mode of a mobile device, comprising:

obtaining network connection information once a mobile device connects to a network;

obtaining network access point information from the network connection information;

obtaining a wireless gateway IP address from the network connection information; and

determining a network access mode corresponding to the network access point information and the wireless gateway IP address;

wherein the method further comprises;

obtaining the wireless gateway IP address if the network connection information does not provide the network access point information; and

determining the network access mode corresponding to the wireless gateway IP address.