TW202408262A - Networking system and method thereof including a database for storing first confirmation information, which is associated with a network sharing device, and a server for accessing the database - Google Patents

Abstract

Disclosed is a networking system including a database for storing first confirmation information, which is associated with a network sharing device; and a server for accessing the database and in communicative connection with the network sharing device. The server receives second confirmation information from the network sharing device. The server decides whether to provide a network privilege to the network sharing device on the basis of the first confirmation information and the second confirmation information.

Description

Networking systems and methods

The present invention relates to a networking system and a method thereof, and in particular to a networking system and a method thereof that are not easily restricted by geographical factors.

Traditional fixed-point networking systems (networking systems that provide network services at fixed locations, such as home networking systems or company networking systems, etc.) are mostly wired networking systems, which often require physical lines to connect to base stations. Only then can we provide network services. However, this kind of fixed-point networking system is easily restricted due to geographical factors (for example, the network sharing device of the networking system may need to be installed in a remote location), which may cause installation difficulties or reduce its usability. range. In view of this, there will be a need for a networking system and method that are not easily restricted by geographical factors.

In order to solve the above problems, one idea of the present invention is to provide a networking system and method that are not easily restricted by geographical factors.

Based on the foregoing concept, the present invention provides a networking system, including: a database that stores a first confirmation information, the first confirmation information is associated with a network sharing device; and a server that accesses the database, and communicates with the network sharing device, and the server receives a second confirmation information from the network sharing device; wherein the server determines whether to provide a network use based on the first confirmation information and the second confirmation information. Permissions are given to the network sharing device.

In a preferred embodiment of the present invention, the first confirmation information includes a first device identification information, the second confirmation information includes a second device identification information, and the second device identification information is associated with the network sharing device. ; wherein the server provides the network usage permission to the network sharing device based on the first device identification information matching the second device identification information.

In a preferred embodiment of the present invention, the second device identification information indicates a device model of the network sharing device.

In a preferred embodiment of the present invention, the second device identification information indicates an international mobile device identification code of the tethering device.

In a preferred embodiment of the present invention, the first confirmation information includes first location information, the first location information is associated with the network sharing device, and the first location information indicates a first location; wherein The server retrieves a second location information from the database based on the second confirmation information, and the second location information indicates a second location; wherein the server calculates based on the first location and the second location. A distance is determined, and based on the distance being less than a predetermined threshold, the network usage permission is provided to the network sharing device.

In a preferred embodiment of the present invention, the database stores a base station location information, and the second confirmation information includes a base station information; wherein the server is based on the base station information of the second confirmation information to The base station location information is retrieved from the database, and the base station location information is used as the second location information.

In a preferred embodiment of the present invention, the server converts the first position into a first longitude and latitude position, and converts the second position into a second longitude and latitude position; wherein the server is based on the first The latitude and longitude position and the second latitude and longitude position are used to calculate the separation distance.

In a preferred embodiment of the present invention, the first location is a predetermined installation location of the network sharing device.

In a preferred embodiment of the present invention, the server receives the second confirmation information from the network sharing device every predetermined time, and the server receives the second confirmation information based on the first confirmation information every predetermined time and The second confirmation information is used to determine whether to provide the network usage permission to the network sharing device.

According to the object of the present invention, a networking method is further provided, which is applied to a networking system. The networking system includes a database and a server. The server accesses the database, and the server is connected to a network. Sharing device, the networking method includes the following steps: storing a first confirmation information in the database, the first confirmation information being associated with the network sharing device; receiving a second confirmation from the network sharing device by the server information; and the server determines whether to provide a network usage permission to the network sharing device based on the first confirmation information and the second confirmation information.

In a preferred embodiment of the present invention, the first confirmation information includes a first device identification information, the second confirmation information includes a second device identification information, and the second device identification information is associated with the network sharing device. ; wherein the networking method further includes: providing the network usage permission to the network sharing device based on the first device identification information matching the second device identification information by the server.

In a preferred embodiment of the present invention, the second device identification information indicates a device model of the network sharing device.

In a preferred embodiment of the present invention, the second device identification information indicates an international mobile device identification code of the tethering device.

In a preferred embodiment of the present invention, the first confirmation information includes first location information, the first location information is associated with the network sharing device, and the first location information indicates a first location; wherein The networking method further includes: the server retrieves a second location information from the database based on the second confirmation information, and the second location information indicates a second location; the server retrieves a second location information based on the first The location and the second location are used to calculate a distance; and the server provides the network usage permission to the network sharing device based on the distance being less than a predetermined threshold.

In a preferred embodiment of the present invention, the database stores a base station location information, and the second confirmation information includes a base station information; wherein the networking method further includes: the server based on the second confirmation information The base station information is used to retrieve the base station location information from the database, and the base station location information is used as the second location information.

In a preferred embodiment of the present invention, the networking method further includes: converting the first position into a first longitude and latitude position by the server; converting the second position into a second longitude and latitude by the server position; and the server calculates the separation distance based on the first longitude and latitude position and the second longitude and latitude position.

In a preferred embodiment of the present invention, the first location is a predetermined installation location of the network sharing device.

In a preferred embodiment of the present invention, the networking method further includes: the server receiving the second confirmation information from the network sharing device every predetermined time; and the server receiving the second confirmation information from the network sharing device every predetermined time. Based on the first confirmation information and the second confirmation information, it is decided whether to provide the network usage permission to the network sharing device.

The foregoing aspects and other aspects of the present invention will become more apparent based on the following detailed description of non-limiting specific embodiments and with reference to the accompanying drawings.

Please refer to the first figure, which illustrates a system architecture diagram of a specific embodiment of a networking system according to the present invention. As shown in the first embodiment, the networking system 100 includes a database 110 and a server 120. The server 120 is connected to the database 110 and the network sharing device 800, and the server 120 can access the database 110. The server 120 can provide network usage rights to the network sharing device 800. When the server 120 provides network usage rights to the network sharing device 800, the network sharing device 800 can provide network services to the user device 910. ~930 (At this time, the network sharing device 800 communicates with the user device 910~930). Preferably, the network sharing device 800 is a wireless network sharer (a wireless network sharer has the advantage of not being easily restricted by geographical factors), but is not limited to this. Preferably, the network sharing device 800 can have a subscriber identity module (SIM), and the server 120 can use the user identity module of the network sharing device 800 to provide network usage rights to the network. Road sharing device 800. In different specific embodiments, the user devices 910 ~ 930 can be various devices with network connection functions. For example, the user devices 910 ~ 930 can be computers, laptops, mobile phones, Internet TV, etc., but not This is the limit. In a specific embodiment, the networking system 100 of the present invention includes one or more processors, and the networking system 100 implements the database 110 and/or the server 120 in a cooperative manner of hardware and software. For example, the server 120 can transmit, receive, and process various data or instructions in a cooperative manner of hardware and software, and the database 110 can transmit, receive, and store various data or instructions in a cooperative manner of hardware and software.

In the embodiment shown in the first figure, the database 110 stores first confirmation information, where the first confirmation information is associated with the network sharing device 800 . The server 120 may receive the second confirmation information from the network sharing device 800, and the server 120 may determine whether to provide network usage rights to the network sharing device 800 based on the first confirmation information and the second confirmation information. Preferably, the "first confirmation information is associated with the network sharing device 800" means that the confirmation information records information related to the network sharing device 800. Preferably, the purpose of the network sharing device 800 sending the second confirmation information is to request the server 120 to provide network usage rights to the network sharing device 800 . Preferably, when the server 120 provides network usage rights to the network sharing device 800, the server 120 can provide network services to the user devices 910~930 through the network sharing device 800.

In a specific embodiment, the server 120 may decide to provide network usage rights to the network sharing device 800 based on the first confirmation information matching the second confirmation information. The server 120 may also decide not to provide network usage rights to the network sharing device 800 based on the fact that the first confirmation information does not match the second confirmation information. In another specific embodiment, the server 120 may decide to provide network usage rights to the network sharing device 800 based on the first confirmation information and the second confirmation information meeting a predetermined judgment criterion. The server 120 may also decide not to provide network usage rights to the network sharing device 800 based on the fact that the first confirmation information and the second confirmation information do not meet a predetermined criterion. In a specific embodiment, the server 120 can receive the second confirmation information from the network sharing device 800 every predetermined time, and the server 120 can receive the second confirmation information every predetermined time based on the first confirmation information and the current The received second confirmation information is used to determine whether to provide network usage rights to the network sharing device 800.

In a specific embodiment, the first confirmation information may include first device identification information, and the second confirmation information may include second device identification information. The server 120 may provide network usage rights to the network sharing device 800 based on the first device identification information matching the second device identification information. In addition, the server 120 may decide not to provide network usage rights to the network sharing device 800 based on the fact that the first device identification information does not match the second device identification information. Preferably, the second device identification information is associated with the network sharing device 800 . In a specific embodiment, the first device identification information may indicate a specific device model, the second device identification information may indicate the device model of the network sharing device 800, and the "first device identification information conforms to the second "Device identification information" means that the specific device model indicated by the first device identification information and the device model indicated by the second device identification information are the same. In another specific embodiment, the second device identification information may indicate an International Mobile Equipment Identity (IMEI) of the network sharing device 800, and the first device identification information may indicate a specific international mobile equipment identification. code, and the "first device identification information matches the second device identification information" refers to the specific international mobile device identification code indicated by the first device identification information and the international mobile device identification code indicated by the second device identification information. The mobile device identification codes are at least partially the same (this part can be set according to requirements. For example, it can be set to only the first six numbers are the same, which means that the first device identification information matches the second device identification information. Or for example, it can be set to only the first eight numbers. The same code means that the first device identification information matches the second device identification information. Or, for example, it can be set to be exactly the same to mean that the first device identification information matches the second device identification information).

In a specific embodiment, the first confirmation information may include first location information, the first location information is associated with the network sharing device 800, and the first location information indicates a first location. The server 120 may retrieve second location information from the database 110 based on the second confirmation information, and the second location information indicates a second location. The server 120 can calculate a distance between the first position and the second position based on the first position and the second position, and the server 120 can calculate a distance between the first position and the second position based on the distance being less than (or equal to) a predetermined threshold (the predetermined threshold is visible). It can be set according to the needs, for example, it can be one kilometer, but is not limited to this), and provides network usage rights to the network sharing device 800. In addition, the server 120 may decide not to provide network usage rights to the network sharing device 800 based on the distance being greater than a predetermined threshold. In this way, the user can be prevented from moving the user identity module originally installed on the network sharing device 800 to other mobile devices (such as mobile phones, etc.) and using the network provided by the server 120 through this mobile device. road service. Preferably, the first location indicated by the first location information is a predetermined installation location of the network sharing device.

In a specific embodiment, the server 120 can convert the first position into a first longitude and latitude position, and the server 120 can convert the second position into a second longitude and latitude position. In this way, the server 120 can calculate the distance between the first position and the second position based on the first longitude and latitude position and the second longitude and latitude position. In a specific embodiment, the network sharing device 800 is communicatively connected to a base station. The database 110 stores a base station location information, and the second confirmation information includes a base station information. The server 120 may retrieve the base station location information from the database 110 based on the base station information of the second confirmation information, and use the base station location information as the second location information. Preferably, the base station information and the base station location information are associated with the base station. For example, the base station information can indicate the base station, and the base station location information can indicate the location of the base station. Preferably, a plurality of base stations can be arranged around the network sharing device 800, and the network sharing device 800 can select the base station with the strongest communication connection signal strength according to the signal strengths of the signals provided by the plurality of base stations.

Please refer to the second figure, which illustrates a flow chart of a specific embodiment of the networking method according to the present invention. As shown in the second embodiment, the networking method 200 can be applied to a networking system, which includes a database and a server. Among them, the server accesses the database, and the server communication is connected to a network sharing device. The networking method 200 begins in step 210, where the first confirmation information is stored in a database of the networking system, and the first confirmation information is associated with the network sharing device. Next, step 220 is executed, and the server of the networking system receives the second confirmation information from the network sharing device. Next, step 230 is executed, where the server determines whether to provide network usage rights to the network sharing device based on the first confirmation information and the second confirmation information. In a specific embodiment, the networking method 200 further includes: the server receiving second confirmation information from the network sharing device every predetermined time; and the server receiving the first confirmation information based on the first confirmation information every predetermined time and The currently received second confirmation information determines whether to provide network usage rights to the network sharing device.

In a specific embodiment, the first confirmation information includes first device identification information, the second confirmation information includes second device identification information, and the second device identification information is associated with the network sharing device. The networking method 200 further includes: providing, by the server, network usage rights to the network sharing device based on the first device identification information matching the second device identification information. In a specific embodiment, the first device identification information may indicate a specific device model, the second device identification information may indicate the device model of the network sharing device 800, and the "first device identification information conforms to the second "Device identification information" means that the specific device model indicated by the first device identification information and the device model indicated by the second device identification information are the same. In another embodiment, the second device identification information may indicate an international mobile device identifier of the tethering device 800, the first device identification information may indicate a specific international mobile device identifier, and the "first "Device identification information matches the second device identification information" means that the specific international mobile device identification code indicated by the first device identification information is at least partially the same as the international mobile device identification code indicated by the second device identification information.

In a specific embodiment, the first confirmation information includes first location information, the first location information is associated with the network sharing device, and the first location information indicates a first location. Among them, the networking method 200 further includes: the server retrieves second location information from the database based on the second confirmation information, and the second location information indicates a second location; the server obtains second location information based on the first location and the second location. The location is used to calculate the distance between the first location and the second location; and the server provides network usage permission to the network sharing device based on the distance being less than a predetermined threshold. Preferably, the first location is a predetermined installation location of the network sharing device.

In a specific embodiment, the networking method 200 further includes: converting the first position into a first latitude and longitude position by the server; converting the second position into a second longitude and latitude position by the server; and converting by the server based on the first latitude and longitude position. A latitude and longitude position and a second latitude and longitude position are used to calculate the distance between the first position and the second position. In a specific embodiment, the network sharing device 800 is communicatively connected to a base station. The database stores a base station location information, and the second confirmation information includes a base station information. The networking method 200 further includes: the server retrieves base station location information from the database based on the base station information of the second confirmation information, and uses the base station location information as the second location information.

So far, the networking system and method of the present invention have been described based on the above descriptions and drawings. However, it should be understood that each specific embodiment of the present invention is for illustration only, and various changes can be made without departing from the patent scope and spirit of the present invention, and all should be included in the patent scope of the present invention. Therefore, the specific embodiments described in this specification are not intended to limit the invention, and the true scope and spirit of the invention are disclosed in the following patent applications.

100: Networked system 110:Database 120:Server 200:Network method 210~230: steps 800: Network sharing device 910~930: User device

The first figure is a system architecture diagram of a specific embodiment of the networking system of the present invention.

The second figure is a flow chart of a specific embodiment of the networking method of the present invention.

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Claims (18)

A networked system that includes: a database that stores first confirmation information associated with a network sharing device; and A server accesses the database and communicates with the network sharing device, and the server receives a second confirmation information from the network sharing device; The server determines whether to provide a network usage permission to the network sharing device based on the first confirmation information and the second confirmation information. For example, the networking system of claim 1, wherein the first confirmation information includes a first device identification information, the second confirmation information includes a second device identification information, and the second device identification information is associated with the network sharing device; The server provides the network usage permission to the network sharing device based on the first device identification information matching the second device identification information. The networking system of claim 2, wherein the second device identification information indicates a device model of the network sharing device. The networking system of claim 2, wherein the second device identification information indicates an international mobile device identification code of the network sharing device. Such as requesting the networking system of item 1, wherein the first confirmation information includes a first location information, the first location information is associated with the network sharing device, and the first location information indicates a first location; The server retrieves second location information from the database based on the second confirmation information, and the second location information indicates a second location; The server calculates a distance based on the first location and the second location, and provides the network usage permission to the network sharing device based on the distance being less than a predetermined threshold. For example, the networking system of item 5 is requested, wherein the database stores a base station location information, and the second confirmation information includes a base station information; wherein the server automatically obtains the base station information based on the second confirmation information. The base station location information is retrieved from the database, and the base station location information is used as the second location information. The networking system of claim 5, wherein the server converts the first position into a first latitude and longitude position, and converts the second position into a second latitude and longitude position; wherein the server is based on the first latitude and longitude position position and the second latitude and longitude position to calculate the distance. The networking system of claim 5, wherein the first location is a predetermined installation location of the network sharing device. If requesting the networking system of item 1, the server receives the second confirmation information from the network sharing device every predetermined time, and the server receives the second confirmation information based on the first confirmation information and the network sharing device every predetermined time. The second confirmation information is used to determine whether to provide the network usage permission to the network sharing device. A networking method is applied to a networking system. The networking system includes a database and a server. The server accesses the database, and the server is connected to a network sharing device. The networking method includes Following steps: A first confirmation information is stored in the database, and the first confirmation information is associated with the network sharing device; Receive a second confirmation information from the network sharing device by the server; and The server determines whether to provide a network usage permission to the network sharing device based on the first confirmation information and the second confirmation information. Such as requesting the networking method of item 10, wherein the first confirmation information includes a first device identification information, the second confirmation information includes a second device identification information, and the second device identification information is associated with the network sharing device; The networking method further includes: The server provides the network usage permission to the network sharing device based on the first device identification information matching the second device identification information. The networking method of claim 11, wherein the second device identification information indicates a device model of the network sharing device. The networking method of claim 11, wherein the second device identification information indicates an international mobile device identification code of the network sharing device. Such as requesting the networking method of item 10, wherein the first confirmation information includes a first location information, the first location information is associated with the network sharing device, and the first location information indicates a first location; The networking method further includes: The server retrieves second location information from the database based on the second confirmation information, and the second location information indicates a second location; A separation distance is calculated by the server based on the first position and the second position; and The server provides the network usage permission to the network sharing device based on the distance being less than a predetermined threshold. For example, request the networking method of item 14, wherein the database stores a base station location information, and the second confirmation information includes a base station information; The networking method further includes: The server retrieves the base station location information from the database based on the second confirmation information, and uses the base station location information as the second location information. For example, the networking method of request item 14 further includes: Convert the first position into a first latitude and longitude position by the server; Convert the second location into a second latitude and longitude location by the server; and The server calculates the separation distance based on the first longitude and latitude position and the second longitude and latitude position. The networking method of claim 14, wherein the first location is a predetermined installation location of the network sharing device. For example, the networking method of request item 10 further includes: The server receives the second confirmation information from the network sharing device at predetermined intervals; and The server determines whether to provide the network usage permission to the network sharing device based on the first confirmation information and the second confirmation information every predetermined time.