CN108601065B

CN108601065B - Method for sharing service by wireless access point

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Publication number: CN108601065B
Application number: CN201810433194.2A
Authority: CN
Inventors: 许昌华
Original assignee: Shanghai Shangxiang Network Technology Co ltd
Current assignee: Shanghai Shangxiang Network Technology Co.,Ltd.
Priority date: 2018-05-08
Filing date: 2018-05-08
Publication date: 2021-06-15
Anticipated expiration: 2038-05-08
Also published as: CN108601065A

Abstract

The application provides a method for sharing service by a wireless access point, which comprises the steps of receiving a wireless access point sharing request sent by user equipment, wherein the sharing request comprises identification information of the wireless access point and access information of the wireless access point; receiving connection result information of the user equipment connected with the wireless access point, which is sent to the network equipment by the user equipment; and when the connection result information is that the connection is successful, sending the virtual article to the provider of the wireless access point. The method of the invention can stimulate the user to share the wireless access point and improve the use enthusiasm of the user to the application client.

Description

Method for sharing service by wireless access point

[ technical field ] A method for producing a semiconductor device

The present application relates to the field of internet applications, and in particular, to a method for sharing services by wireless access points.

[ background of the invention ]

In the prior art, the wireless access point shared by other users can be connected to obtain convenient network access. Typically, the wireless access point requires free or billed access by the user through the client. However, the existing wireless access point sharing method lacks an incentive and punishment mechanism, and except for the shared wireless access points provided by merchants, the enthusiasm of other users for sharing the wireless access points is low, so that the number and the coverage rate of the shared wireless access points are low, and the user experience is poor.

[ summary of the invention ]

Aspects of the present disclosure provide a method of sharing services by wireless access points for facilitating sharing of the wireless access points.

In one aspect of the present application, a method for sharing a service by a wireless access point of a network device is provided, including:

receiving a wireless access point sharing request sent by user equipment, wherein the sharing request comprises identification information of a wireless access point and access information of the wireless access point;

receiving connection result information of the user equipment connected with the wireless access point, which is sent to the network equipment by the user equipment;

and when the connection result information is that the connection is successful, sending the virtual article to the provider of the wireless access point.

In another aspect of the present application, a method for sharing a service by a wireless access point of a network device is provided, including:

receiving a virtual article presentation request sent by user equipment connected with a wireless access point; the virtual article presentation request includes identification information of the wireless access point and virtual article information;

searching provider information of the wireless access point according to the identification information of the wireless access point, and sending the virtual article included in the virtual article presentation request to a provider of the wireless access point;

and sending the giving request feedback information to the user equipment.

In one aspect of the present application, a method for sharing a service by a wireless access point of a user equipment is provided, including:

sending a wireless access point sharing request to network equipment, wherein the sharing request comprises identification information of a wireless access point and access information of the wireless access point;

sending connection result information of the user equipment connected with the wireless access point to the network equipment;

and when the connection result information is that the connection is successful, receiving the virtual article sent by the network equipment.

In another aspect of the present application, a method for sharing a service by a wireless access point of a user equipment is provided, including:

the user connects the wireless access point according to the access information of the wireless access point provided by the network equipment;

sending a virtual item presentation request to the network device; the virtual item presentation request includes provider information of the wireless access point and virtual item information;

and receiving the feedback information of the presentation request sent by the network equipment.

In another aspect of the present application, a method for sharing a service by a wireless access point is provided, including:

user equipment sends a wireless access point sharing request to network equipment, wherein the sharing request comprises identification information of a wireless access point and access information of the wireless access point;

the network equipment receives a wireless access point sharing request sent by user equipment;

the user equipment sends the connection result information of the user equipment connected with the wireless access point to the network equipment;

the network equipment receives the connection result information of the user equipment connecting the wireless access point, which is sent by the user equipment; when the connection result information is that the connection is successful, sending the virtual article to a provider of the wireless access point;

the user equipment receives the virtual article sent by the network equipment.

the user equipment is connected with the wireless access point according to the access information of the wireless access point provided by the network equipment; sending a virtual item presentation request to the network device; the virtual article presentation request includes identification information of the wireless access point and virtual article information;

the method comprises the steps that network equipment receives a virtual article presentation request sent by user equipment connected with a wireless access point; searching provider information of the wireless access point according to the identification information of the wireless access point, and sending the virtual article included in the virtual article presentation request to a provider of the wireless access point;

the network equipment sends presentation request feedback information to the user equipment;

and the user equipment receives the presentation request feedback information sent by the network equipment.

In another aspect of the present application, there is provided an apparatus, comprising: one or more processors; a storage device to store one or more programs that, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to implement any of the above-described methods.

In another aspect of the present application, a computer-readable storage medium is provided, on which a computer program is stored, wherein the program, when executed by a processor, implements any of the above-mentioned methods.

According to the technical scheme, the embodiment of the application can stimulate the user to share the wireless access point, and improves the use enthusiasm of the user on the application client.

[ description of the drawings ]

In order to more clearly illustrate the technical solutions in the embodiments of the present application, the drawings needed to be used in the embodiments or the prior art descriptions will be briefly described below, and it is obvious that the drawings in the following description are some embodiments of the present application, and those skilled in the art can also obtain other drawings according to the drawings without inventive labor.

Fig. 1 is a flowchart illustrating a method for sharing a service by a wireless access point of a network device according to an embodiment of the present disclosure;

fig. 2 is a flowchart illustrating a method for sharing a service by a wireless access point of a network device according to an embodiment of the present disclosure;

fig. 3 is a flowchart illustrating a method for sharing a service by a wireless access point of a user equipment according to an embodiment of the present application;

fig. 4 is a flowchart illustrating a method for sharing a service by a wireless access point of a user equipment according to an embodiment of the present application;

fig. 5 a-5 d are schematic diagrams of user equipments sharing a wireless access point;

FIGS. 6 a-6 c are schematic diagrams of a user device sending a virtual good gifting request;

FIGS. 7 a-7 c are schematic diagrams of a user device sending a virtual good gifting request;

FIG. 8 is a block diagram of an exemplary computer system/server suitable for use in implementing embodiments of the present invention.

[ detailed description ] embodiments

To make the objects, technical solutions and advantages of the embodiments of the present application clearer, the technical solutions in some embodiments of the present application will be clearly and completely described below with reference to the drawings in the embodiments of the present application, and it is obvious that the described embodiments are some, but not all embodiments of the present application. All other embodiments, which can be derived by a person skilled in the art from the embodiments given herein without making any creative effort, shall fall within the protection scope of the present application.

In addition, the term "and/or" herein is only one kind of association relationship describing an associated object, and means that there may be three kinds of relationships, for example, a and/or B, which may mean: a exists alone, A and B exist simultaneously, and B exists alone. In addition, the character "/" herein generally indicates that the former and latter related objects are in an "or" relationship.

Fig. 1 is a flowchart illustrating a method for sharing a service by a wireless access point of a network device according to an embodiment of the present application, as shown in fig. 1, including the following steps:

step S11, the network device receives a wireless access point sharing request sent by the user device, wherein the sharing request includes identification information of the wireless access point and access information of the wireless access point;

step S12, receiving the connection result information of the user equipment connecting the wireless access point, which is sent to the network equipment by the user equipment;

and step S13, when the connection result information is that the connection is successful, sending the virtual article to the provider of the wireless access point.

The main execution body of the method shown in fig. 1 is a network device.

The user equipment includes, but is not limited to, any intelligent terminal equipment that can perform human-computer interaction with a user and can implement a wireless communication function, such as a smart phone, a tablet computer, a notebook computer, and the like. The intelligent terminal device can adopt any operating system, such as an Android operating system, an iOS operating system, a Windows operating system and the like.

The user registers to the network device through a client installed by the user device in advance, and logs in the client by using a registered account.

The wireless access point may be an AP, a terminal device hotspot, etc., that provides wireless network access services. The wireless network includes, but is not limited to, a wireless local area network based on IEEE802.11 series standard protocols, for example, a wireless local area network based on IEEE802.11n protocol and IEEE802.11ac protocol, which is known as a WiFi network, and the user equipment can access the corresponding wireless network through the wireless access point. In the following embodiments of the present invention, a wireless access point accessing a WiFi network is taken as an example for description. In the following embodiments of the present application, the wireless access point and the wireless hotspot, the WiFi hotspot, and the hotspot may be used interchangeably.

In one preferred implementation of step S11,

the network equipment receives a wireless access point sharing request sent by user equipment, wherein the sharing request comprises identification information of a wireless access point and access information of the wireless access point.

In this embodiment, a data network between the user equipment and the network equipment is available, and the network equipment completes reception of the wireless access point sharing request based on the currently existing data network, for example, completes reception of the sharing request based on an already opened mobile communication network, such as a 3G network, a 4G network, and the like; as another example, the receiving of the sharing request is completed based on the turned-on wireless local area network, such as a WiFi network.

Preferably, the user logs in a client installed on the user equipment by using the registered account, and selects a wireless access point to be shared on a wireless access point list of the client; and inputting the access information of the wireless access point in the popped wireless access point sharing window/page, and uploading the access information to the network equipment through a sharing request.

Preferably, the access information includes an authentication method of the wireless access point and password information. The authentication mode of the wireless access point comprises the following steps: whether payment authentication is needed or not means that the user equipment can access the network through the wireless access point only through three-layer authentication, namely, the payment authentication.

Preferably, the sharing request further includes provider information of the wireless access point; the provider information of the wireless access point comprises provider account information of the wireless access point, and the provider account information is used for the network equipment to send the virtual article to the provider account.

The wireless access point list is established by scanning wireless access points nearby the user equipment by the user equipment according to the identification information of the scanned wireless access points.

The identification information is SSID (Service Set Identifier) information of the wireless access point, and is used for identifying a wireless network corresponding to the wireless access point. The wireless access point encapsulates the SSID (Service Set Identifier) information thereof in the non-encrypted part of the data packet, and broadcasts the SSID information in a broadcast manner.

The method comprises the steps that a WiFi module of user equipment scans wireless access points nearby the user equipment, SSID (Service Set Identifier) information of the one or more wireless access points is obtained based on the scanned one or more wireless access points, the SSID information of the one or more wireless access points is sent to a client of the user equipment, and a wireless access point list is established by the client.

Preferably, the identification information is SSID information and BSSID information of the wireless access point.

When a user shares a wireless access point, the user generally needs to send a sharing request to a network device after scanning the corresponding wireless access point through a client installed in the user device. In this way, the user only needs to provide the access information of the wireless access point, and does not need to manually input the identification information of the wireless access point, such as the SSID information and BSSID information of the wireless access point, so that the sharing convenience and accuracy are improved. At the same time, the provider information of the wireless access point is also automatically included in the sharing request without manual input.

Preferably, since the network device cannot determine whether the wireless access point is shared, that is, whether the wireless access point can be accessed by other user devices, after receiving a wireless access point sharing request sent by the user device, the network device stores identification information of the wireless access point, access information of the wireless access point, and provider information of the wireless access point, and marks the wireless access point as to be shared.

In one preferred implementation of step S12,

the network equipment receives the connection result information of the user equipment connected with the wireless access point, which is sent to the network equipment by the user equipment.

The connection result information is connection success information or connection failure information. The connection success information indicates that the wireless access point is shared and can be accessed by other user equipment.

And when receiving connection result information which is sent by the user equipment and is successfully connected, the network equipment marks the wireless access point to be sharable from the mark to be shared and stores the wireless access point into a sharing database. The sharing database stores identification information of the wireless access points, access information of the wireless access points and provider information of the wireless access points.

In one preferred implementation of step S13,

and when the connection result information is that the connection is successful, the network equipment sends the virtual article to the provider of the wireless access point.

Preferably, the network device sends the virtual item to the provider account according to provider account information included in the provider information of the wireless access point.

Preferably, the virtual item sent by the network device to the provider of the wireless access point is a reward for the provider of the wireless access point to share the wireless access point.

Preferably, the network device sends the shared incentive messages to the user device at the same time as sending the virtual item to the provider of the wireless access point.

Preferably, the virtual article comprises: game coins, points, shoe-shaped gold ingots, gold beans, gift coupons, exchange coupons, discount coupons, greeting cards, gold coins and gold threads. May be used to redeem prizes, draw a lottery, connect to other shared WiFi networks, and the like.

Preferably, users can not only obtain rewards by sharing wireless access points, but also obtain virtual items by checking in on clients installed on their user devices, participating in various activities.

By the embodiment, the wireless access point sharing request sent by the user is received, the virtual article is sent to the provider of the wireless access point to stimulate the behavior of sharing the wireless access point, and the use enthusiasm of the user on the application client can be improved.

Fig. 2 is a flowchart illustrating a method for sharing a service by a wireless access point of a network device according to a second embodiment of the present application, as shown in fig. 2, including the following steps:

step S21, sending the access information of the wireless access point and the provider information of the wireless access point to the user equipment so that the user equipment can be connected with the wireless access point;

step S22, receiving a virtual good present request sent by the user equipment connected with the wireless access point; the virtual article presentation request includes identification information of the wireless access point and virtual article information;

step S23, searching the provider information of the wireless access point according to the identification information of the wireless access point, and sending the virtual item included in the virtual item presentation request to the provider of the wireless access point;

and step S24, sending the giving request feedback information to the user equipment.

The main execution body of the method shown in fig. 2 is a network device.

In one preferred implementation of step S21,

the network equipment receives an acquisition request sent by user equipment; and sending the access information of the wireless access point to the user equipment so that the user equipment is connected with the wireless access point.

Preferably, a client installed in the user equipment acquires identification information of the wireless access point scanned by the user equipment to establish a wireless access point scanning list; sending an acquisition request to the network equipment, and acquiring access information of the wireless access point returned by the network equipment; or searching the scanned access information corresponding to the wireless access point from the statistical information of the wireless access point acquired from the server in advance;

the wireless access point scanning list is established by scanning wireless access points nearby the user equipment by the user equipment according to the identification information of the scanned wireless access points.

The method comprises the steps that a WiFi module of user equipment scans wireless access points nearby the user equipment, SSID (Service Set Identifier) information of one or more wireless access points is obtained based on the scanned one or more wireless access points, the SSID information of the one or more wireless access points is sent to a client of the user equipment, and a scanning list is established by the client.

The acquisition request comprises identification information of the wireless access point, and the network equipment searches and determines access information of the corresponding wireless access point according to the identification information of the wireless access point. Specifically, the network device stores a large amount of wireless access points and access information corresponding to the wireless access points. Each wireless access point stored in the network device is uniquely determined by its corresponding SSID information and BSSID information.

The access information comprises an authentication mode and password information of the wireless access point. The authentication mode of the wireless access point comprises the following steps: whether payment authentication is required.

Preferably, the access information of the wireless access point is obtained by the network device according to a sharing request sent by a provider of the wireless access point. The sharing request includes identification information and access information of the wireless access point. And the network equipment stores the access information into an access information database according to the identification information of the wireless access point. When network equipment receives an acquisition request sent by user equipment, access information of a wireless access point is obtained by inquiring in a sharing database according to identification information of the wireless access point included in the acquisition request. And when receiving connection result information which is sent by the user equipment and is successfully connected, the network equipment stores the wireless access point into a sharing database. The sharing database stores identification information of the wireless access points, access information of the wireless access points and provider information of the wireless access points.

In this embodiment, the data network of the user equipment is available, and the network equipment completes the reception of the acquisition request and the transmission of the access information of the wireless access point based on the currently existing data network, for example, completes the reception of the acquisition request and the transmission of the access information of the wireless access point based on an already opened mobile communication network, such as a 3G network, a 4G network, and the like; for another example, the receiving of the acquisition request and the sending of the access information of the wireless access point are completed based on an already opened wireless local area network, such as a WiFi network.

In another preferred implementation of step S21,

in many application scenarios, the user equipment cannot establish a network connection, e.g. no network, which means that the user equipment cannot obtain access information of the wireless access point from the network equipment.

In this embodiment, when the data network of the ue is available, the network device sends the access information of the wireless access point to the ue in advance according to the acquisition request of the ue, and the access information is stored locally by the ue. Each wireless access point stored locally by the user equipment is uniquely identified by its corresponding identity. Preferably, the user equipment searches and determines access information of the corresponding wireless access point based on SSID information and BSSID information of the wireless access point.

Preferably, the client of the user equipment acquires the access information of the wireless access point from the network equipment in advance based on the available data network at the time of first networking, or at a timing, or according to a user instruction.

The user equipment is connected with the wireless access point according to the access information of the wireless access point sent by the network equipment.

In one preferred implementation of step S22,

the method comprises the steps that network equipment receives a virtual article presentation request sent by user equipment connected with a wireless access point; the virtual article presentation request includes identification information of the wireless access point and virtual article information;

preferably, as shown in fig. 6b, if the wireless access point is a "secure/connectable" wireless access point: and in a prompt window/page popped up by the application end, rewarding the provider of the connected wireless access point, wherein the prompt window/page is used for prompting the user to access the shared WiFi network through the wireless access point, the user can input the reward number and reward instructions in the prompt window/page, and a virtual article presentation request is sent to the network equipment through clicking a reward button.

Preferably, the user can enjoy the connected wireless access point in a prompt window/page popped up by the application terminal after disconnecting from the wireless access point, wherein the prompt window/page is used for prompting the user to disconnect from the wireless access point, and the user can input a reward amount and a reward instruction in the prompt window/page according to the connection quality of the WiFi network and send a virtual article presenting request to the network equipment by clicking a reward button.

Preferably, the virtual good presenting request is a payment authentication request, and the user equipment can access the network after the payment authentication is passed.

As shown in fig. 7b, if the wireless access point is a "wireless access point requiring payment authentication", three-layer authentication, that is, payment authentication, is required to access the network through the wireless access point. And after the user equipment accesses the wireless access point, the application end pops up a prompt window/page, and the prompt window/page points to the network equipment to carry out payment authentication. The prompt window/page is used for prompting the user that the user can further access the network only when the payment authentication is needed, the user can input the payment number and the payment description in the prompt window/page, and a payment authentication request is sent to the network equipment by clicking a payment button.

And if the wireless access point is the wireless access point needing payment authentication, the wireless access point can access the network through the three-layer authentication, namely the payment authentication. And after the user equipment accesses the wireless access point, the application end pops up a prompt window/page, and the prompt window/page points to the network equipment to carry out payment authentication. The prompt window/page is used for prompting the user that the user needs to perform payment authentication to further access the shared network, and the user can confirm the acceptance of the payment protocol in the prompt window/page. And after disconnecting the wireless access point, paying according to the time or flow value of the connection.

The virtual good gifting request further includes account information of the user equipment.

In one preferred implementation of step S23,

preferably, the network device searches provider information of the corresponding wireless access point from the sharing database according to the wireless access point identification information in the virtual item presentation request sent by the user device, where the provider information of the wireless access point includes a provider account of the wireless access point.

And deducting the corresponding number of virtual articles from the user account corresponding to the user equipment, and transferring to the provider account of the wireless access point.

In one preferred implementation of step S24,

when the network device deducts a corresponding number of virtual items from a user account corresponding to the user device according to a virtual item donation request sent by the user device, and transfers the virtual items to a provider account of the wireless access point, the network device sends donation request feedback information to the user device, for example: if the wireless access point is a safe/connectable wireless access point, the giving request feedback information is 'hot spot sharer, who has received your reward'; if the wireless access point is the wireless access point needing payment authentication, the feedback information of the presentation request is 'congratulation, you pass the authentication and can surf the internet normally'.

Preferably, the virtual article is allocated by the network device when the user registers to the network device through a client installed by the user device; or, the user is approved or paid by other users connected to the shared WiFi network by providing the shared WiFi network to the other users; alternatively, the user purchases the content from a network device. Preferably, the virtual article comprises: game coins, points, shoe-shaped gold ingots, gold beans, gift coupons, exchange coupons, discount coupons, greeting cards, gold coins and gold threads. The virtual item may be used to redeem prizes, draw a lottery, connect to other paid-out shared WiFi networks, and the like.

Preferably, the user can obtain the virtual item through various activities of check-in, participation, etc. performed on the client installed on his user device.

For example, a user may view advertisements uploaded by the provider (merchant) of the wireless access point or forward the advertisements to obtain a number of virtual items provided by the provider of the wireless access point. After the user completes the connection of the preset number of WiFi networks, a certain number of virtual articles can be obtained.

The virtual item is associated with an account of the user device.

Through the embodiment, the user can access the shared wireless access point, and the virtual goods given by the user are sent to the provider of the wireless access point to stimulate the behavior of the shared wireless access point, and the use enthusiasm of the user on the application client can be improved.

Fig. 3 is a flowchart illustrating a method for sharing a service by a wireless access point of a user equipment according to an embodiment of the present application, as shown in fig. 3, including the following steps:

step S31, sending a wireless access point sharing request to the network equipment, wherein the sharing request comprises identification information of the wireless access point and access information of the wireless access point;

step S32, sending the connection result information of the user equipment connecting the wireless access point to the network equipment;

and step S33, when the connection result information is that the connection is successful, receiving the virtual article sent by the network equipment.

The execution subject of the method shown in fig. 3 may be a client installed in a user equipment; e.g. an Application (APP) installed on the user equipment, etc.

In one preferred implementation of step S31,

and sending a wireless access point sharing request to the network equipment, wherein the sharing request comprises identification information of the wireless access point and access information of the wireless access point.

In this embodiment, a data network of a user equipment is available, and the user equipment completes sending of a wireless access point sharing request based on a currently existing data network, for example, completes sending of the sharing request based on an already opened mobile communication network, such as a 3G network, a 4G network, and the like; for another example, the sending of the sharing request is completed based on the turned-on wireless local area network, such as a WiFi network.

Preferably, as shown in fig. 5a, a wireless access point to be shared is selected on the wireless access point list; as shown in fig. 5b, the access information of the wireless access point is input in the pop-up wireless access point sharing window/page, and the access information is uploaded to the network device through the sharing request.

Preferably, the access information includes an authentication method of the wireless access point and password information. The authentication mode of the wireless access point comprises the following steps: whether payment authentication is required.

Preferably, the payment authentication means that the user equipment needs to pass three-layer authentication, that is, the payment authentication can be used for accessing the network through the wireless access point.

When a user shares a wireless access point, the user generally needs to send a sharing request to a server after scanning the corresponding wireless access point through a client installed in user equipment. In this way, the user only needs to provide the access information of the wireless access point, and does not need to manually input the identification information of the wireless access point, such as the SSID information and BSSID information of the wireless access point, so that the sharing convenience and accuracy are improved.

Preferably, the sharing request further includes: provider information of the wireless access point; the provider information of the wireless access point comprises provider account information of the wireless access point, and the provider account information is used for the network equipment to send the virtual article to the provider account.

In one preferred implementation of step S32,

and the user equipment sends the connection result information of the user equipment connected with the wireless access point to the network equipment. The connection result information is connection success information or connection failure information. The connection success information indicates that the user equipment can normally access the wireless access point.

In one preferred implementation of step S33,

and when the connection result information is that the connection is successful, the user equipment receives the virtual article sent by the network equipment.

Preferably, the provider of the wireless access point receives the virtual item that the network device sends to the provider account of the wireless access point.

Preferably, as shown in fig. 5 c-5 d, the provider of the wireless access point receives the virtual item sent by the network device to the provider account of the wireless access point, and at the same time, receives the shared incentive message sent by the network device.

The virtual article includes: game coins, points, shoe-shaped gold ingots, gold beans, gift coupons, exchange coupons, discount coupons, greeting cards, gold coins and gold threads. May be used to redeem prizes, draw a lottery, connect to other shared WiFi networks, and the like.

The virtual article sent by the network device may also be donated to the provider of the wireless access point by other user devices accessing the wireless access point through a virtual article donation request sent to the network device.

Preferably, if the wireless access point is a "secure/connectable" wireless access point: the other user equipment accessing the wireless access point can reward the provider of the connected wireless access point in a prompting window/page popped up by the application end, the prompting window/page is used for prompting the user to access the shared WiFi network through the wireless access point, the user can input the reward number and the reward description in the prompting window/page, and the reward button is clicked to send a virtual article presenting request to the network equipment.

Preferably, after the wireless access point is disconnected, other user equipment accessing the wireless access point can reward the provider of the connected wireless access point in a prompt window/page popped up by an application, the prompt window/page is used for prompting the user to disconnect the wireless access point, and the user can input reward amount and reward description in the prompt window/page according to the connection quality of the WiFi network and send a virtual article reward request to the network equipment by clicking a reward button.

Preferably, if the wireless access point is a "wireless access point requiring payment authentication", three-layer authentication, that is, payment authentication, is required to access the network through the wireless access point. And other user equipment accessing the wireless access point can perform payment authentication in a prompt window/page popped up by an application end. The prompt window/page is used for prompting the user that the user can further access the network only when the payment authentication is needed, the user can input the payment number and the payment description in the prompt window/page, and a payment authentication request is sent to the network equipment by clicking a payment button.

Preferably, if the wireless access point is a "wireless access point requiring payment authentication", three-layer authentication, that is, payment authentication, is required to access the network through the wireless access point. And the other user equipment accessing the wireless access point can perform payment authentication on a prompt window/page popped up at the application end. The prompt window/page is used for prompting the user that the user needs to perform payment authentication to further access the shared network, and the user can confirm the acceptance of the payment protocol in the prompt window/page. And after disconnecting the wireless access point, paying according to the time or flow value of the connection.

Preferably, the provider of the wireless access point may conduct advertising or the like to the user accessing the wireless access point in a prompt window/page for payment authentication. A user accessing a wireless access point may obtain a number of virtual items provided by a provider of the wireless access point that may be used for payment for access to the wireless access point by viewing or forwarding the advertisement. For example, in the case where there is no virtual item available for payment in the account of the user accessing the wireless access point, the virtual item may be obtained by viewing or forwarding an advertisement provided by the provider of the wireless access point for payment, and further access the shared wireless access point.

Preferably, users may not only receive rewards through the shared wireless access point, but also obtain credits/coins by checking in on their user device installed clients, participating in various activities.

Through the embodiment, providers of the wireless access points can share the wireless access points and receive the virtual articles which are sent by the network equipment and are used as rewards, so that the enthusiasm of sharing the wireless access points and the enthusiasm of using the wireless access points on application clients are improved.

Fig. 4 is a flowchart illustrating a method for sharing a service by a wireless access point of a user equipment according to a second embodiment of the present application, as shown in fig. 4, including the following steps:

step S41, the user connects the wireless access point according to the access information of the wireless access point provided by the network equipment;

step S42, sending a virtual good present request to the network device; the virtual item presentation request includes provider information of the wireless access point and virtual item information;

and step S43, receiving the feedback information of the donation request sent by the network equipment.

The execution subject of the method shown in fig. 4 may be a client installed in a user equipment; e.g. an Application (APP) installed on the user equipment, etc.

In one preferred implementation of step S41,

preferably, the following sub-steps are included:

in the substep S411, the client installed in the user equipment acquires the identification information of the wireless access point scanned by the user equipment to establish a wireless access point scanning list;

step S412, the client installed by the user equipment sends an acquisition request to the network equipment to acquire the access information of the wireless access point returned by the network equipment; or searching the scanned access information corresponding to the wireless access point from the statistical information of the wireless access point acquired from the server in advance;

substep S413, establishing a connection with one of the scanned at least one wireless access point according to the acquired wireless access point information;

in a preferred implementation of sub-step S411,

In a preferred implementation of sub-step S412,

the client installed by the user equipment sends an acquisition request to the network equipment to acquire the access information of the wireless access point and the provider information of the wireless access point returned by the network equipment.

The acquisition request includes identification information of the wireless access point. Preferably, the acquisition request includes a scan list established according to the identification information of the wireless access point scanned by the user equipment.

The acquisition request requests to acquire the access information of the wireless access points in the scanning list from network equipment.

In this embodiment, a data network of a user equipment is available, and the user equipment completes sending of an acquisition request based on a currently existing data network, for example, completes sending of the acquisition request based on an already opened mobile communication network, such as a 3G network, a 4G network, and the like; for another example, the sending of the acquisition request is completed based on an already turned on wireless local area network, such as a WiFi network.

And the client installed on the user equipment acquires the access information of the wireless access point returned by the network equipment and stores the access information on the user equipment.

The network equipment searches and determines access information of the corresponding wireless access point based on SSID information and BSSID information of the wireless access point. Specifically, the network device stores a large amount of wireless access points and access information corresponding to the wireless access points. Each wireless access point stored in the network device is uniquely determined by its corresponding SSID information and BSSID information.

Preferably, the access information of the wireless access point is obtained by the network device according to a sharing request sent by a provider of the wireless access point. The sharing request includes identification information and access information of the wireless access point. And the network equipment stores the access information into an access information database according to the identification information of the wireless access point. When network equipment receives an acquisition request sent by user equipment, the access information of a wireless access point is obtained by inquiring in an access information database according to the identification information of the wireless access point included in the acquisition request.

In another preferred implementation of sub-step S412,

and the user equipment searches the access information of the wireless access point corresponding to the scanned wireless access point and the provider information of the wireless access point in the access information of the wireless access point acquired from the network equipment in advance according to the identification information of the scanned wireless access point.

The user equipment acquires the access information of the wireless access point from the network equipment in advance and stores the access information in the local of the user equipment. Each wireless access point stored locally by the user equipment is uniquely identified by its corresponding identity. Preferably, the user equipment searches and determines access information of the corresponding wireless access point based on SSID information and BSSID information of the wireless access point.

In this embodiment, when the data network of the user equipment is available, the user equipment obtains the access information of the wireless access point from the network equipment based on the available data network and stores the access information locally in the user equipment, for example, based on a turned-on mobile communication network, such as a 3G network, a 4G network, and the like; as another example, based on a wireless local area network that is already turned on, such as a WiFi network.

Preferably, the access information of the wireless access point is obtained by the network device according to a wireless access point sharing request sent by a provider of the wireless access point. The wireless access point sharing request comprises identification information of the wireless access point and access information of the wireless access point. And the network equipment stores the access information into an access information database according to the identification information of the wireless access point. When network equipment receives an acquisition request sent by user equipment, the access information of a wireless access point is obtained by inquiring in an access information database according to the identification information of the wireless access point included in the acquisition request.

In a preferred implementation of sub-step S413,

preferably, as shown in fig. 6 a/7 a, the client installed by the user equipment establishes a wireless connection with the wireless access point based on the access information of the wireless access point.

Preferably, the accessible prompt information of the wireless access point which acquires the access information from the network equipment is displayed on the wireless access point list;

and the client installed on the user equipment establishes wireless connection with the corresponding wireless access point by utilizing the access information of the wireless access point selected from the wireless access point list by the user.

Preferably, the accessible prompt information of the wireless access point is displayed on the wireless access point list of the client.

Preferably, the client of the user equipment interacts with the WiFi module of the user equipment, and displays the accessible prompt information of the wireless access point on the system native wireless access point list of the user equipment.

The accessible prompting message comprises: "secure/connectable", "require payment authentication", etc.

Preferably, the accessible prompting information can be represented by a certain graphic identifier to prompt the user that the access information of the corresponding wireless access point is obtained, so that the user can conveniently select the wireless access point for access.

Preferably, the user selects a wireless access point required by the user from a plurality of wireless access points presented on a wireless access point list of a client of the user equipment, or selects a wireless access point required by the user from a plurality of wireless access points presented on a system-native wireless access point list of the user equipment. The wireless connection of the user equipment with the wireless access point is established, for example, by clicking on an establish connection button.

The establishment of the wireless connection can be that the client terminal automatically initiates a connection request to the wireless access point based on the password information of the wireless access point, and the whole connection process automatically runs in the background;

the establishment of the wireless connection may be that password information of the wireless access point is presented to a user corresponding to the user equipment, for example, the password information is sent to the client in an in-application prompt message manner, and then the user performs wireless connection based on the acquired password information, for example, the user sends a connection request to the wireless access point in a manner of manually inputting the password information.

In one preferred implementation of step S42,

Preferably, the network device deducts the corresponding number of virtual items from the corresponding user account according to the virtual item present request sent by the user device and the user account included in the request, and transfers the virtual items to the provider account of the wireless access point. The network device may be the same server as the network device, or may be a different server.

In one preferred implementation of step S43,

and when the network equipment deducts the corresponding number of virtual articles from the user account corresponding to the user equipment according to the virtual article donation request sent by the user equipment, and transfers the virtual articles to the provider account of the wireless access point, the network equipment sends donation request feedback information to the user equipment. The user equipment receives the feedback information of the presentation request sent by the network equipment, and the application terminal pops up a prompt window/page, for example: as shown in fig. 6c, if the wireless access point is a "secure/connectable" wireless access point, the comp request feedback information is "hot sharer, has received your reward"; as shown in fig. 7c, if the wireless access point is the wireless access point that needs payment authentication, the feedback information of the presentation request is "happy, you have passed authentication and can surf the internet normally".

Preferably, the virtual article is allocated by the network device when the user registers to the network device through a client installed by the user device; alternatively, a user is endorsed or paid by other users connected to the shared wireless access point by providing the shared wireless access point to the other users. Preferably, the virtual article comprises: game coins, points, shoe-shaped gold ingots, gold beans, gift coupons, exchange coupons, discount coupons, greeting cards, gold coins and gold threads. The virtual item may be used to redeem prizes, draw a lottery, connect to other shared wireless access points, and the like.

For example, the user may view advertisements uploaded by the provider (merchant) of the wireless access point or forward the advertisements to obtain a number of virtual commodity coins provided by the provider of the wireless access point. After the user completes the connection of the preset number of WiFi networks, a certain number of virtual articles can be obtained.

Through the embodiment, the user can access the shared wireless access point and give a virtual article to the provider of the wireless access point to stimulate the behavior of the shared wireless access point, and the use enthusiasm of the user on the application client can be improved.

Fig. 8 illustrates a block diagram of an exemplary computer system/server 012 suitable for use in implementing embodiments of the invention. The computer system/server 012 shown in fig. 8 is only an example, and should not bring any limitation to the function and the scope of use of the embodiment of the present invention.

As shown in fig. 8, the computer system/server 012 is in the form of a general purpose computing device. The components of computer system/server 012 may include, but are not limited to: one or more processors or processing units 016, a system memory 028, and a bus 018 that couples various system components including the system memory 028 and the processing unit 016.

Bus 018 represents one or more of any of several types of bus structures, including a memory bus or memory controller, a peripheral bus, an accelerated graphics port, a processor, or a local bus using any of a variety of bus architectures. By way of example, such architectures include, but are not limited to, Industry Standard Architecture (ISA) bus, micro-channel architecture (MAC) bus, enhanced ISA bus, Video Electronics Standards Association (VESA) local bus, and Peripheral Component Interconnect (PCI) bus.

Computer system/server 012 typically includes a variety of computer system readable media. Such media may be any available media that is accessible by computer system/server 012 and includes both volatile and nonvolatile media, removable and non-removable media.

System memory 028 can include computer system readable media in the form of volatile memory, such as Random Access Memory (RAM)030 and/or cache memory 032. The computer system/server 012 may further include other removable/non-removable, volatile/nonvolatile computer system storage media. By way of example only, storage system 034 may be used to read from and write to non-removable, nonvolatile magnetic media (not shown in FIG. 8, commonly referred to as a "hard drive"). Although not shown in FIG. 8, a magnetic disk drive for reading from and writing to a removable, nonvolatile magnetic disk (e.g., a "floppy disk") and an optical disk drive for reading from or writing to a removable, nonvolatile optical disk (e.g., a CD-ROM, DVD-ROM, or other optical media) may be provided. In such cases, each drive may be connected to bus 018 via one or more data media interfaces. Memory 028 can include at least one program product having a set (e.g., at least one) of program modules configured to carry out the functions of embodiments of the present invention.

Program/utility 040 having a set (at least one) of program modules 042 can be stored, for example, in memory 028, such program modules 042 including, but not limited to, an operating system, one or more application programs, other program modules, and program data, each of which examples or some combination thereof might include an implementation of a network environment. Program modules 042 generally perform the functions and/or methodologies of embodiments of the present invention as described herein.

The computer system/server 012 may also communicate with one or more external devices 014 (e.g., keyboard, pointing device, display 024, etc.), hi the present invention, the computer system/server 012 communicates with an external radar device, and may also communicate with one or more devices that enable a user to interact with the computer system/server 012, and/or with any device (e.g., network card, modem, etc.) that enables the computer system/server 012 to communicate with one or more other computing devices. Such communication may occur through an input/output (I/O) interface 022. Also, the computer system/server 012 may communicate with one or more networks (e.g., a Local Area Network (LAN), a Wide Area Network (WAN), and/or a public network such as the internet) via the network adapter 020. As shown in fig. 8, the network adapter 020 communicates with the other modules of the computer system/server 012 via bus 018. It should be appreciated that although not shown in fig. 8, other hardware and/or software modules may be used in conjunction with the computer system/server 012, including but not limited to: microcode, device drivers, redundant processing units, external disk drive arrays, RAID systems, tape drives, and data backup storage systems, among others.

The processing unit 016 executes the programs stored in the system memory 028, thereby performing the functions and/or methods of the described embodiments of the present invention.

The computer program described above may be provided in a computer storage medium encoded with a computer program that, when executed by one or more computers, causes the one or more computers to perform the method flows and/or apparatus operations shown in the above-described embodiments of the invention.

With the development of time and technology, the meaning of media is more and more extensive, and the propagation path of computer programs is not limited to tangible media any more, and can also be downloaded from a network directly and the like. Any combination of one or more computer-readable media may be employed. The computer readable medium may be a computer readable signal medium or a computer readable storage medium. A computer readable storage medium may be, for example, but not limited to, an electronic, magnetic, optical, electromagnetic, infrared, or semiconductor system, apparatus, or device, or any combination of the foregoing. More specific examples (a non-exhaustive list) of the computer readable storage medium would include the following: an electrical connection having one or more wires, a portable computer diskette, a hard disk, a Random Access Memory (RAM), a read-only memory (ROM), an erasable programmable read-only memory (EPROM or flash memory), an optical fiber, a portable compact disc read-only memory (CD-ROM), an optical storage device, a magnetic storage device, or any suitable combination of the foregoing. In the context of this document, a computer readable storage medium may be any tangible medium that can contain, or store a program for use by or in connection with an instruction execution system, apparatus, or device.

A computer readable signal medium may include a propagated data signal with computer readable program code embodied therein, for example, in baseband or as part of a carrier wave. Such a propagated data signal may take any of a variety of forms, including, but not limited to, electro-magnetic, optical, or any suitable combination thereof. A computer readable signal medium may also be any computer readable medium that is not a computer readable storage medium and that can communicate, propagate, or transport a program for use by or in connection with an instruction execution system, apparatus, or device.

Program code embodied on a computer readable medium may be transmitted using any appropriate medium, including but not limited to wireless, wireline, optical fiber cable, RF, etc., or any suitable combination of the foregoing.

Computer program code for carrying out operations for aspects of the present invention may be written in any combination of one or more programming languages, including an object oriented programming language such as Java, Smalltalk, C + + or the like and conventional procedural programming languages, such as the "C" programming language or similar programming languages. The program code may execute entirely on the user's computer, partly on the user's computer, as a stand-alone software package, partly on the user's computer and partly on a remote computer or entirely on the remote computer or server. In the case of a remote computer, the remote computer may be connected to the user's computer through any type of network, including a Local Area Network (LAN) or a Wide Area Network (WAN), or the connection may be made to an external computer (for example, through the Internet using an Internet service provider).

Finally, it should be noted that: the above embodiments are only used to illustrate the technical solutions of the present application, and not to limit the same; although the present application has been described in detail with reference to the foregoing embodiments, it should be understood by those of ordinary skill in the art that: the technical solutions described in the foregoing embodiments may still be modified, or some technical features may be equivalently replaced; and such modifications or substitutions do not depart from the spirit and scope of the corresponding technical solutions in the embodiments of the present application.

Claims

1. A method for sharing services by wireless access points of a network device, comprising:

receiving a wireless access point sharing request sent by user equipment of a provider of a wireless access point, wherein the sharing request comprises identification information of the wireless access point and access information of the wireless access point;

storing identification information of the wireless access point and access information of the wireless access point in an access information database, and marking the wireless access point as to-be-shared;

receiving connection result information of the user equipment connected with the wireless access point, which is sent to the network equipment by the user equipment connected with the wireless access point;

when the connection result information is that the connection is successful, sending a virtual article to a provider of the wireless access point, wherein the virtual article is distributed or issued by the network equipment; and marking the wireless access point to be sharable from the to-be-shared mark, and storing the wireless access point into a shared database.

2. The method of claim 1,

the sharing request further comprises: provider information of the wireless access point;

and sending the virtual article to the provider of the wireless access point according to the provider information of the wireless access point.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein sending the virtual item to the provider of the wireless access point based on the provider information of the wireless access point comprises:

and sending the virtual article to the provider account according to the provider account information in the provider information of the wireless access point.

4. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

the virtual item is transmitted to the provider of the wireless access point while the shared incentive message is transmitted to the user device of the provider of the wireless access point.

5. A method for sharing services by wireless access points of a network device, comprising:

receiving a virtual article presentation request sent by user equipment connected with a wireless access point; the virtual article presentation request includes identification information of the wireless access point and virtual article information; wherein the virtual item is assigned or issued by the network device;

sending presentation request feedback information to user equipment connected with the wireless access point;

and when receiving connection result information which is sent by user equipment connected with the wireless access point and is successfully connected, marking the wireless access point as sharable from the mark to be shared, and storing the wireless access point into a shared database.

6. The method of claim 5,

the virtual good presentation request further includes account information of the user equipment;

transmitting the virtual item included in the virtual item gifting request to the provider of the wireless access point includes:

and sending the virtual item included in the virtual item presentation request from an account of the user equipment to the provider account according to provider account information in the provider information of the wireless access point.

7. The method of claim 5, further comprising:

and sending the access information of the wireless access point to the user equipment connected with the wireless access point.

8. A method for a wireless access point of a user device to share service, comprising:

user equipment of a provider of a wireless access point sends a wireless access point sharing request to network equipment, so that the network equipment stores identification information of the wireless access point and access information of the wireless access point in an access information database, and marks the wireless access point to be shared; the sharing request comprises identification information of the wireless access point and access information of the wireless access point;

user equipment connected with a wireless access point sends connection result information of the user equipment connected with the wireless access point to the network equipment;

and when the connection result information is that the connection is successful, the user equipment of the provider of the wireless access point receives the virtual article sent by the network equipment, the virtual article is distributed or issued by the network equipment, the network equipment marks the wireless access point to be shared as sharable, and the wireless access point is stored in a shared database.

9. The method of claim 8,

the provider information of the wireless access point is used for the network device to send the virtual item to the provider of the wireless access point.

10. The method of claim 9, wherein the provider information of the wireless access point is used for the network device to send the virtual item to the provider of the wireless access point comprises:

provider account information in the provider information of the wireless access point is used for the network device to send the virtual item to the provider account.

11. The method of claim 9, further comprising:

user devices of providers of wireless access points receive shared incentive messages sent by network devices.

12. A method for a wireless access point of a user device to share service, comprising:

the user equipment connected with the wireless access point is connected with the wireless access point according to the access information of the wireless access point provided by the network equipment; the access information of the wireless access point is stored in an access information database by network equipment when receiving a wireless access point sharing request sent by user equipment of a provider of the wireless access point, the wireless access point is marked to be shared, and the sharing request comprises identification information of the wireless access point and the access information of the wireless access point; when receiving connection result information which is sent by user equipment connected with a wireless access point and is successfully connected, the network equipment marks the wireless access point to be shareable from a mark to be shared and stores the wireless access point into a shared database;

user equipment connected with the wireless access point sends a virtual article presentation request to network equipment; the virtual article presentation request includes identification information of the wireless access point and virtual article information; wherein the virtual item is assigned or issued by the network device;

and the user equipment connected with the wireless access point receives the donation request feedback information sent by the network equipment.

13. The method of claim 12, wherein the virtual good gifting request further includes account information of a user device.

14. The method of claim 12, wherein the user equipment connecting to the wireless access point connects to the wireless access point according to the access information of the wireless access point provided by the network equipment, and comprises:

user equipment connected with the wireless access point sends a wireless access point access request to network equipment; the wireless access point access request comprises identification information of the wireless access point and receives access information of the wireless access point sent by the network equipment; or the like, or, alternatively,

and the user equipment connected with the wireless access point searches the access information of the wireless access point corresponding to the scanned wireless access point in the access information of the wireless access point acquired from the network equipment in advance according to the scanned identification information of the wireless access point.

15. A method for sharing services by wireless access points, comprising:

user equipment of a provider of a wireless access point sends a wireless access point sharing request to network equipment, wherein the sharing request comprises identification information of the wireless access point and access information of the wireless access point;

the method comprises the steps that network equipment receives a wireless access point sharing request sent by user equipment of a provider of a wireless access point, stores identification information of the wireless access point and access information of the wireless access point in an access information database, and marks the wireless access point to be shared;

the network equipment receives the connection result information of the user equipment connected with the wireless access point from the user equipment connected with the wireless access point; when the connection result information is that the connection is successful, sending a virtual article to a provider of the wireless access point, marking the wireless access point as sharable from the mark to be shared, and storing the wireless access point into a shared database;

user equipment of a provider of a wireless access point receives a virtual item transmitted by a network device, wherein the virtual item is distributed or issued by the network device.

16. A method for sharing services by wireless access points, comprising:

the user equipment connected with the wireless access point is connected with the wireless access point according to the access information of the wireless access point provided by the network equipment; sending a virtual item presentation request to the network device; the virtual article presentation request includes identification information of the wireless access point and virtual article information; the access information of the wireless access point is stored in an access information database by network equipment when receiving a wireless access point sharing request sent by user equipment of a provider of the wireless access point, the wireless access point is marked to be shared, and the sharing request comprises identification information of the wireless access point and the access information of the wireless access point; when receiving connection result information which is sent by user equipment connected with a wireless access point and is successfully connected, the network equipment marks the wireless access point to be shareable from a mark to be shared and stores the wireless access point into a shared database;

the method comprises the steps that network equipment receives a virtual article presentation request sent by user equipment connected with a wireless access point; searching provider information of the wireless access point according to the identification information of the wireless access point, and sending the virtual article included in the virtual article presentation request to a provider of the wireless access point; wherein the virtual item is assigned or issued by the network device;

the network equipment sends presentation request feedback information to the user equipment connected with the wireless access point;

17. An electronic device, characterized in that the electronic device comprises:

one or more processors;

a storage device for storing one or more programs,

when executed by the one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to implement the method of any one of claims 1-16.

18. A computer-readable storage medium, on which a computer program is stored which, when being executed by a processor, carries out the method according to any one of claims 1-16.