UNIFIED NETWORK OF WI FI ACCESS POINTS

• US 20180205831A1
• Filed: 11/16/2017
• Published: 07/19/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 04/12/2006
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Fon Wireless Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Fon Wireless Ltd.
• Inventors: Varsavsky Waisman-Diamond, Martin
• Granted Patent: US 10,291,787 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• 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 65/1013 Network architectures, gateways, control or user entities
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/80 Responding to QoS
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/53 using third party service providers
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 15/56 for VoIP communications
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 15/8038 Roaming or handoff
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 15/8044 Least cost routing
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 15/8055 Selecting cheaper transport technology for a given service
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 16/00 Network planning, e.g. coverage or traffic planning tools; Network deployment, e.g. resource partitioning or cells structures
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/24 Accounting or billing
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 48/16 Discovering, processing access restriction or access information
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 48/18 Selecting a network or a communication service
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 84/12 WLAN [Wireless Local Area Networks]
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 88/08 Access point devices
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 88/16 Gateway arrangements

Abstract

A plurality of users are associated with a system having at least one information processor coupled to a communication network. Multiple wireless access points to the communication network are provided; and multiple of the users associated with the system are provided VoIP access to the communication network via the access points.

Claims

1. A system for providing a distributed wireless network, the system comprising:

at least one information processor; and

at least one database associated with said at least one of the one or more processor, wherein said at least one database stores authentication information associated with a plurality of registered users;

wherein the least one information processor;

(a) includes first wireless access to first bandwidth associated with a first wireless gateway device in the distributed wireless network, said first wireless gateway device being associated with a first registered user of said plurality of registered users;

(b) receives, from a first user computing device associated with the first user, a first request to access the distributed wireless network via a particular wireless gateway device distinct from the first wireless gateway device, wherein the first request includes authentication information associated with the first user;

(c) authorizes, based on the first request and on said authentication information in said at least one database, the first user computing device to access the distributed wireless network via the particular wireless gateway device.

2. The system of claim 1 wherein said distributed wireless network provides voice-over-IP (VoIP) service to at least some of said plurality of registered users.

3. The system of claim 1 wherein the least one information processor:

(d) includes second wireless access to second bandwidth associated with a second wireless gateway device in the distributed wireless network, said second wireless gateway device being associated with a second registered user of said plurality of registered users, wherein said particular wireless gateway device is said second wireless gateway device.

4. The system of claim 1 wherein said plurality of registered users are registered based on said users being provided with wireless access devices by said at least one network service provider.

5. A system for providing a distributed wireless network, the system comprising:

at least one information processor; and

at least one database associated with said at least one information processor, wherein said at least one database stores authentication information associated with a plurality of registered users;

a plurality of wireless gateway devices, each particular wireless gateway device of said plurality of wireless gateway devices having a corresponding particular bandwidth associated therewith, and wherein at least some of said plurality of wireless gateway devices are associated with said plurality of registered users;

wherein the particular bandwidth associated with at least some of the particular wireless gateway devices is included in said distributed wireless network, and

wherein a first registered user has a first wireless gateway device associated therewith, and

wherein the least one information processor;

(a) receives, from a first user computing device associated with the first registered user, a first request to access the distributed wireless network via a particular wireless gateway device distinct from the first wireless gateway device associated with said first user; and

(b) based on the first request and on authentication information in said at least one database, authorizes the first user computing device to access the distributed wireless network via the particular wireless gateway device.

6. The system of claim 5 wherein said plurality of registered users are registered based on said users being provided with wireless access devices by said at least one network service provider.

7. The system of claim 6 wherein said first wireless gateway device associated with said first registered user was provided to said first registered user by said at least one network service provider.

8. The system of claim 5 wherein said distributed wireless network provides voice-over-IP (VoIP) service to at least some of said plurality of registered users.