JP5660992B2 - Wireless network access method, relay server, and program enabling connection of other company's contracted terminal - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a technology for a terminal to access a wireless network.

  In recent years, the communication area of a mobile terminal is relatively covered by a wireless WAN (Wide Area Network) represented by a mobile phone network, and compared by a wireless LAN (Local Area Network) and a wireless MAN (Metropolitan Area Network). The target narrow area is covered. Many access points for realizing narrow-area high-speed communication with terminals are installed in various public facilities (airports, coffee shops, hotels, etc.), for example. The access point communicates with the terminal via wireless and connects to the access network via wire. The terminal is, for example, a mobile phone, a smartphone, a tablet terminal, or a personal computer, and has a narrow-area high-speed communication (for example, wireless LAN) interface for communicating with an access point.

  FIG. 1 is a system configuration diagram of a radio access network in the prior art.

  The plurality of access networks are interconnected with the Internet. Generally, each access network is operated and managed by a different telecommunications carrier. Therefore, the terminal 2 can be connected only to an access network that is operated and managed by a telecommunications carrier contracted for a connection service. That is, the access point 3 determines whether or not the connection is possible by determining whether or not the terminal 2 is a terminal contracted by the communication carrier. The access network communication provider is not limited to an MNO (Mobile Network Operator), but may be an MVNO (Mobile Virtual Network Operator) (virtual mobile service provider).

According to FIG. 1, an access network A that is operated and managed by a telecommunications carrier A and an access network B that is operated and managed by a telecommunications carrier B are interconnected to the Internet.
The terminal 2A contracted with the communication carrier A can connect to only the access point 3A managed by the communication carrier A via the radio.
The terminal 2B contracted with the communication carrier B can connect to only the access point 3B managed by the communication carrier B via the wireless communication.

  As another conventional technique, there is a technique for distributing advertisement information to a terminal according to the usage state of the terminal (see, for example, Patent Document 1). According to this technology, the terminal can distribute one of audio reproduction, moving image reproduction, and text data display according to its own usage state (for example, waiting in a different time zone, during voice transmission, during voice reception). A method can be selected. Thereby, the user of the terminal can browse advertisement information in an optimal state.

JP 2007-102479 A

"HTTP Request header", [online], [searched July 22, 2011], Internet <http://www.au.kddi.com/ezfactory/tec/spec/4_4.html>

  According to FIG. 1, if the terminal 2B contracted with the communication carrier B is out of the communication area of the access point 3B managed by the communication carrier B, the terminal 2B cannot access the Internet. Even if the terminal 2B is within the communication area of the access point 3A managed by the communication carrier A, the terminal 2B cannot connect to the access network A. In such a case, normally, the terminal 2B needs to make a new connection service contract with the communication carrier A.

  Therefore, the present invention is a wireless that can be connected to a first access network that is operated and managed by a first communication carrier even if it is a terminal contracted for a connection service of the second communication carrier. It is an object to provide a network access method, a relay server, and a program.

According to the present invention, an access network interconnected to the Internet;
An access point connected between the access network and the wireless network;
A terminal based on user operation;
A wireless network access method in a system having a relay server installed in an access network,
The relay server has an identifier registration unit that registers accessible terminal identifiers,
A first step in which a terminal transmits an acquisition request including a terminal identifier to a relay server via an access point;
A second step in which the relay server determines whether the terminal identifier included in the acquisition request is a terminal identifier registered in the identifier registration unit;
A third step in which the relay server transfers the acquisition request to the destination service server;
A fourth step in which the service server transmits an acquisition response including content corresponding to the acquisition request from the relay server;
Only when it is determined that the relay server is not registered in the identifier registration unit in the second step, the predetermined advertisement information is added to the content included in the acquisition response, or the advertisement information is directed to the terminal. And a fifth step of transmitting in a push manner,
The relay server has a sixth step of transferring the acquisition response to the terminal via the access point, and the terminal reproduces and displays the advertisement information together with the content based on the acquisition response,
The system further comprises an advertisement server based on advertisement information,
When the advertisement information reproduced and displayed by the terminal is instructed by a user operation, the relay server receives an acquisition request based on the advertisement information from the terminal via the access point and forwards the acquisition request to the advertisement server. A seventh step;
The relay server receives an acquisition response including the advertisement content from the advertisement server, and transfers the acquisition response to the terminal via the access point;
A ninth step in which the relay server receives an advertisement acquisition notification from the advertisement server;
A tenth step of transferring a predetermined amount of points from the second billing server based on the advertiser of the advertising information to the first billing server based on the first telecommunications carrier managing the access network under the control of the relay server When,
An eleventh step in which the relay server receives an acquisition request from the terminal via the access point;
A twelfth step in which the relay server forwards the acquisition request to the service server;
A thirteenth step in which the relay server receives an acquisition response including content corresponding to the acquisition request from the service server;
Even if the relay server determines that it is not registered in the identifier registration unit for the second step, only the acquisition response is sent via the access point without adding advertisement information to the content based on the acquisition response. 14th step of transferring to terminal
It is characterized by having .

According to another embodiment of the wireless network access method of the present invention,
The identifier registration unit registers the terminal identifier contracted with the first communication carrier,
The access network and access point are operated and managed by the first carrier,
The terminal is a contract with a second carrier,
For the second step, the relay server determines that the terminal identifier is not a contract with the first communication carrier,
About a 5th step, it is also preferable that a relay server adds advertisement information with respect to the acquisition response with respect to the terminal contracted with the 2nd communication carrier.

According to another embodiment of the wireless network access method of the present invention,
Each advertising information has a location range associated with it,
For the first step, the acquisition request further includes location information by the terminal,
Regarding the fifth step, it is also preferable that the relay server adds advertisement information having a position information range to which the position information included in the acquisition request belongs to the content of the acquisition response.

According to the present invention, a relay server connected to an access network interconnected to the Internet communicates with a terminal based on a user operation via an access point connected between the access network and the wireless network. A relay server,
An identifier registration means for preregistering accessible terminal identifiers;
An acquisition request receiving means for receiving an acquisition request including a terminal identifier from a terminal via an access point;
An identifier determination unit that determines whether the terminal identifier included in the acquisition request is a terminal identifier registered in the identifier registration unit;
An acquisition request transfer means for transferring an acquisition request to a destination service server;
An acquisition response receiving means for receiving an acquisition response including content corresponding to the acquisition request from the service server;
Only when it is determined by the identifier determination means that it is not registered in the identifier registration means, the predetermined advertisement information is added to the content included in the acquisition response, or the advertisement information is sent to the terminal in a push manner Advertising information adding means,
And an acquisition response transfer means for transferring the acquisition response to the terminal via the access point, and the terminal also reproduces and displays the advertisement information together with the content based on the acquisition response ,
The system further comprises an advertisement server based on advertisement information,
The acquisition request receiving means receives an acquisition request based on the advertisement information from the terminal via the access point when the advertisement information reproduced and displayed for the terminal is instructed by a user operation.
The acquisition request transfer means transfers the acquisition request to the advertisement server,
The acquisition response receiving means receives an acquisition response including the advertising content from the advertisement server,
The acquisition response transfer means transfers the acquisition response to the terminal via the access point,
An advertisement acquisition notification receiving means for receiving an advertisement acquisition notification from the advertisement server;
Charging control means for controlling to transfer a predetermined amount of points from the second charging server based on the advertiser of the advertising information to the first charging server based on the first communication carrier managing the access network;
Further comprising
The advertisement information adding unit does not add the advertisement information to the content based on the acquisition response even when it is determined that the identifier determining unit is not the terminal identifier registered in the identifier registering unit. .

According to another embodiment of the relay server of the present invention,
The identifier registration means registers the terminal identifier contracted with the first communication carrier,
When the access network and the access point are managed by the first carrier, and the terminal is contracted with the second carrier,
The identifier determination means determines that the terminal identifier is not contracted with the first communication carrier,
It is also preferable that the advertisement information adding means adds the advertisement information to the acquisition response to the terminal contracted with the second communication carrier.

According to another embodiment of the relay server of the present invention,
Each advertising information has a location range associated with it,
The acquisition request includes further location information by the terminal,
The advertisement information adding means preferably adds the advertisement information having the position information range to which the position information included in the acquisition request belongs to the content of the acquisition response.

According to the present invention, a relay server connected to an access network interconnected to the Internet communicates with a terminal based on a user operation via an access point connected between the access network and the wireless network. A program for causing a computer mounted on a relay server to function,
An identifier registration means for preregistering accessible terminal identifiers;
An acquisition request receiving means for receiving an acquisition request including a terminal identifier from a terminal via an access point;
An identifier determination unit that determines whether the terminal identifier included in the acquisition request is a terminal identifier registered in the identifier registration unit;
An acquisition request transfer means for transferring an acquisition request to a destination service server;
An acquisition response receiving means for receiving an acquisition response including content corresponding to the acquisition request from the service server;
Only when it is determined by the identifier determination means that it is not registered in the identifier registration means, an advertisement information addition means for adding predetermined advertisement information to the content included in the acquisition response;
The acquisition response, via the access point causes the computer to function as the acquisition response transfer means for transferring to the terminal, by the terminal, with the content based on the acquired response, which advertisement information is also reproduced and displayed at the same time,
The system further comprises an advertisement server based on advertisement information,
The acquisition request receiving means receives an acquisition request based on the advertisement information from the terminal via the access point when the advertisement information reproduced and displayed for the terminal is instructed by a user operation.
The acquisition request transfer means transfers the acquisition request to the advertisement server,
The acquisition response receiving means receives an acquisition response including the advertising content from the advertisement server,
The acquisition response transfer means transfers the acquisition response to the terminal via the access point,
An advertisement acquisition notification receiving means for receiving an advertisement acquisition notification from the advertisement server;
Charging control means for controlling to transfer a predetermined amount of points from the second charging server based on the advertiser of the advertising information to the first charging server based on the first communication carrier managing the access network;
Further comprising
The advertisement information adding unit does not add the advertisement information to the content based on the acquisition response even when it is determined that the identifier determining unit is not the terminal identifier registered in the identifier registering unit. .

  According to the wireless network access method, relay server, and program of the present invention, a terminal that contracts for the connection service of the second communication carrier for the first access network that is operated and managed by the first communication carrier. Even can be connected. ADVANTAGE OF THE INVENTION According to the present invention, it is possible to achieve a trade-off between the profit for the user of the terminal and the profit for the telecommunications carrier by intentionally adding advertisement information to the page content that the terminal of the contract of the other company intends to browse. .

It is a system configuration | structure figure of the radio | wireless access network in a prior art. 1 is a system configuration diagram of a radio access network in the present invention. FIG. It is a basic sequence diagram in the present invention. It is explanatory drawing showing the positional information on a terminal, and the positional information range linked | related with advertisement information. It is a sequence diagram which controls charge based on browsing of advertisement information. It is a sequence diagram which controls charge based on utilization of coupon information. It is a function block diagram of the relay server in this invention.

  Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings.

  FIG. 2 is a system configuration diagram of a radio access network according to the present invention.

  According to FIG. 2, compared to FIG. 1, the relay server 1 is installed in the access network A of the communication carrier A. The relay server 1 communicates with the terminal 2 via the access network A and communicates with the service server 4 via the Internet. Moreover, according to FIG. 2, the advertisement server 5 is further connected to the Internet. The advertisement server 5 accumulates advertisement information based on the advertiser. The advertisement information is preferably created by HTML (HyperText Markup Language).

  According to FIG. 2, unlike FIG. 1, the terminal 2 </ b> B contracted with the carrier B can connect to the access point 3 </ b> A managed by the carrier A and access the Internet via the access network A. it can. In such a case, it is preferable that some benefit can be obtained for the communication carrier A in addition to the benefit of the user that the terminal 2B can connect to the Internet.

  Therefore, according to the present invention, the terminal 2B of another company contract can be connected to the access network A, while the advertisement information is forcibly added to the content transferred to the terminal 2B. As a result, it is possible to achieve a trade-off between the profit for the terminal user and the profit for the communication carrier. For example, advertisement information and coupon information advantageous to the communication carrier A can be forcibly distributed toward the terminal 2B of another company contract. On the other hand, the user of the terminal 2B can connect to the access network of the communication carrier A. By thinking in that way, the user of the terminal 2B is somewhat troublesome advertisement information and can accept the browsing.

  The terminal may be a mobile phone or a smartphone, or a tablet terminal or a personal computer. In order to transmit / receive the acquisition request / response, the WWW browser software is preinstalled in the terminal. In order to acquire the current position information of the terminal, it is also preferable to install a positioning application using a GPS (Global Positioning System), an access point (wireless LAN base station), or a mobile base station.

  FIG. 3 is a basic sequence diagram in the present invention.

  The relay server 1 has an “identifier registration unit” that registers accessible terminal identifiers. According to FIG. 3, the relay server 1 is connected to the access network of the carrier A. For this purpose, only the terminal identifier that has contracted the connection service with the communication carrier A is registered in the identifier registration unit of the relay server 1. According to FIG. 3, the terminal 2 </ b> B contracts with the communication carrier B for a connection service.

(S1) The terminal 2B transmits an “acquisition request” including the terminal identifier to the relay server via the access point 3A. Here, the acquisition request may be, for example, an HTTP GET Request as a page acquisition request (see, for example, Non-Patent Document 1). The HTTP GET Request header can include HTTP_USER_AGENT, and a terminal identifier is described therein (using HTTP layer 7).

In the case of a general smartphone or mobile phone, for example, the following information is described.
HTTP_USER_AGENT = KDDI-SA31 UP.Browser / 6.2.0.7.3.129 (GUI) MMP / 2.0
This header information has the following meaning.
"KDDI": carrier name
"SA31": Device ID (terminal model name)
"UP.Browser": Browser name
"6.2.0.7.3.129": Browser version
“MMP / 2.0”: server name Here, the terminal identifier is an identifier described in, for example, “communication carrier name” and “device ID”.

  Of course, the part including the terminal identifier is not limited to HTTP_USER_AGENT in the HTTP GET Request header. For example, HTTP_X_UP_SUBNO may be used. HTTP_X_UP_SUBNO includes an ID (identifier) that is uniquely assigned to each contract with the communication carrier. Other parameter portions may also be used.

(S2) The relay server 1 determines whether the terminal identifier included in the acquisition request is a terminal identifier registered in the identifier registration unit. According to S1 described above, the relay server 1 can determine whether or not the terminal is a company contract terminal only by looking at HTTP_USER_AGENT in the HTTP GET Request header received from the terminal 2B. This determination result is temporarily stored. According to FIG. 3, the relay server 1 determines that the acquisition request received from the terminal 2B is “not a terminal identifier contracted with the communication carrier A”. Even when the terminal identifier is not described in the acquisition request, the terminal is determined to be a terminal of another company contract.

(S3) The relay server 1 transfers the acquisition request to the service server 4 of the destination (HTTP GET Request destination URL). At this time, regardless of the determination result in S2, the acquisition request is transferred to the existing service server 4.

(S4) The service server 4 returns an acquisition response including the content corresponding to the request to the relay server 1. The acquisition response is, for example, an HTTP GET Response as a page acquisition response. This content itself is desired by the user who operates the terminal 2B.

(S5) The relay server adds predetermined advertisement information to the content included in the acquisition response only when it is determined in S2 that it is not registered in the identifier registration unit. In other words, the advertisement information is forcibly added only to the content transferred to the terminal 2B of another company contract.

Regarding the addition of advertisement information, for example, as described below, the html of the top page including the content frame and the advertisement information frame may be included in the acquisition response. Thereby, the advertisement information can be easily added to the content of the acquisition response.
<html>
<head>
<title> Top page </ title>
</ head>
<frameset rows = "30%, *">
<frame src = "contents.html"> contents.html: Contents
<frame src = "marketing.html"> marketing.html: Advertising information
</ frameset>
</ html>

  Here, the advertisement information is preferably selected according to the terminal identifier. According to the above-described example, appropriate advertisement information is selected based on the device ID (terminal model information). The terminal model includes a mobile phone, a smartphone, a tablet, a personal computer, and the like, and selects advertisement information in a format corresponding to these models. For personal computers, it may be video-based advertising information, and for mobile phones it may be text-based advertising information.

  As advertisement information, the terminal 2B of the contract of the other company may be most easily urged to subscribe or change the connection service of the communication carrier A. For example, a special discount may be proposed when a user of the terminal 2B of another company contract changes to the connection service of the communication carrier A.

  As another embodiment, the relay server 1 may transmit the advertisement information in a push manner toward the terminal only when it is determined that the relay server 1 is not registered in the identifier registration unit in S2. The terminal 2 displays advertisement information in a pop-up manner. Here, when the pop-up block is set by the user, the terminal 2 cannot display the advertisement information. However, by installing application software in the terminal 2 in advance, the advertisement information transmitted from the relay server 1 can be forcibly displayed.

(S6) Finally, the relay server 1 transfers the acquisition response to the terminal 2B via the access point 3A.

  Accordingly, the terminal 2B can simultaneously reproduce and display the advertisement information together with the content based on the acquisition response. The user of the terminal 2B has to browse somewhat troublesome advertisement information, but can browse desired content via an access network of another company's contract.

  FIG. 4 is an explanatory diagram showing the position information of the terminal and the position information range associated with the advertisement information.

  According to FIG. 4, “location information range” is associated with each advertisement information. The position information range is a geographical range in which the advertisement information is to be distributed, and is represented by, for example, latitude / longitude (center position) and radius (distance). The advertisement information is distributed only to the terminal 2 of another company contract existing within the position information range.

  As for the aforementioned S1, the acquisition request may further include the location information of the terminal 2. The location information of the terminal 2 can also be included in the HTTP GET Request header. Of course, the position information of the terminal 2 may be separately transmitted to the relay server 1 by another method.

  With respect to S5 described above, the relay server 1 adds advertisement information having a position information range to which the position information included in the acquisition request belongs to the content of the acquisition response. According to FIG. 4, the store of the advertiser a exists at a predetermined position, and the advertisement information of the advertiser a is associated with a predetermined radius range centered on the store position as a position information range. . This advertisement information may be stored in the advertisement server 5 or may be stored in advance by the relay server 1.

  The relay server 1 acquires the position information of the terminal 2B, and searches for advertisement information in the position information range including the position. The searched advertisement information is added to the content of the acquisition response transferred to the terminal 2B. As a result, the user who operates the terminal 2B browses the advertisement information of the advertiser of the store close to the current position.

  FIG. 5 is a sequence diagram for controlling charging based on browsing advertisement information.

  The sequence of FIG. 5 is a continuation of the sequence of FIG. That is, S6 in FIG. 5 matches S6 in FIG.

(S7) On the terminal 2B, the content and the advertisement information are reproduced and displayed at the same time. Then, it is assumed that the user himself / herself performs an operation (for example, click on an icon or URL) that is activated for the advertisement information. At this time, the terminal 2B transmits an acquisition request addressed to the URL based on the advertisement information to the relay server 1 via the access point 3A. When the relay server 1 receives the acquisition request based on the advertisement information, the relay server 1 transfers the acquisition request to the destination advertisement server 5.

(S8-1) The advertisement server 5 returns an acquisition response including the advertisement content corresponding to the acquisition request to the relay server 1. The relay server 1 transfers the acquisition response received from the advertisement server 5 to the terminal 2B via the access point 3A.

(S9-1) Then, the advertisement server 1 transmits to the relay server 1 an advertisement acquisition notification that means that the advertisement content has been browsed by the terminal. The “advertisement acquisition notification” includes, for example, an advertiser identifier and an advertisement fee point.

(S10) The predetermined amount of points is transferred from the second billing server based on the advertiser of the advertising information to the billing server based on the communication carrier A by the control of the relay server. The “billing server” may be an online bank account, for example. The predetermined amount paid by the advertiser means advertising expenses based on the fact that the advertising content has been transmitted to the terminal 2B of the user. On the other hand, it also means that the terminal 2B of another company contract is a connection fee for connecting to the access network 3A. Then, the communication carrier A has received the connection fee for the terminal 2B of another company contract from the advertiser.

(S11) The terminal 2B with another company contract transmits an acquisition request to the relay server 1 via the access point 3A. The relay server 1 transfers the acquisition request received from the terminal 2B to the service server 4.

(S12) The service server 4 returns an acquisition response including the content in response to the request to the relay server 1. The relay server 1 receives the acquisition response from the service server 4. At this time, even if the relay server 1 determines that S2 is not registered in the identifier registration unit (a terminal of another company's contract), the relay server 1 acquires without adding advertising information to the content based on the acquisition response. Only the response is transferred to the terminal 2B via the access point 3A. This is because the communication carrier A has already paid the connection fee for the terminal 2B of the other company contract from the advertiser.

  As a result, the terminal 2B of the other company contract can access the Internet via the access network 3A, and advertisement information is not added to the content obtained by the response. In other words, the terminal 2B contracted by another company can communicate in the same manner as the access network contracted by itself.

  FIG. 6 is a sequence diagram for controlling charging based on the use of coupon information.

  S6 and S7 in FIG. 6 are exactly the same as S6 and S7 in FIG.

(S8-2) The advertisement server 5 returns an acquisition response including coupon information as advertisement content to the relay server 1. The relay server 1 transfers the acquisition response received from the advertisement server 5 to the terminal 2B via the access point 3A. Here, “coupon information” means the right to receive discounts and services when purchasing some product at the store of the advertiser a based on the advertising content, for example. The advertiser uses the coupon information as one of the ability to attract customers. The coupon information is stored in the terminal 2B.

(S9-2) Here, it is assumed that the user who has the terminal in which the coupon information is stored goes to the store of the advertiser a. A store information device managed by the advertiser is installed in the store. Then, the user holds the terminal over the store information device and transfers the coupon information by short-range communication. Thereby, the store information device transmits an advertisement acquisition notification to the relay server 1 via the Internet. The “advertisement acquisition notification” includes, for example, an advertiser identifier and an advertising fee point.

  S10 to S12 in FIG. 6 are exactly the same as S10 to S12 in FIG.

  As a result, the terminal 2B of the other company contract can access the Internet via the access network 3A, and advertisement information is not added to the content obtained by the response. In other words, the terminal 2B contracted by another company can communicate in the same manner as the access network contracted by itself.

  FIG. 7 is a functional configuration diagram of the relay server in the present invention.

  7, the relay server 1 includes a communication interface 100, an identifier registration unit 110, an acquisition request reception unit 111, an identifier determination unit 112, an acquisition response transfer unit 113, an advertisement information storage unit 120, an acquisition The response reception unit 121, the advertisement information addition unit 122, the acquisition response transfer unit 123, the advertisement acquisition notification reception unit 131, and the charging control unit 132 are included. These functional components are realized by executing a program that causes a computer mounted on the relay server 1 to function.

  The identifier registration unit 110 registers an accessible terminal identifier in advance. The registered terminal identifier is based on the telecommunications carrier that operates and manages the relay server 1 and the access network.

  The acquisition request receiving unit 111 receives an acquisition request including a terminal identifier from the terminal via the access point. The terminal identifier is output to the identifier determination unit 112, and the acquisition request is output to the acquisition response transfer unit 113. In addition, when the location information of the terminal is included in the acquisition request, the location information is output to the advertisement information adding unit 122. The acquisition request is instructed by a user operation on the terminal, and may be a user-desired URL (Uniform Resource Locator), or may be a URL of advertisement content for subsequent advertisement information.

  The identifier determination unit 112 determines whether the terminal identifier included in the acquisition request is a terminal identifier registered in the identifier registration unit 110. The determination result information is output to the advertisement information adding unit 122. An acquisition request received from a terminal of another company contract is determined not to be a registered terminal identifier.

  The acquisition response transfer unit 113 transfers the acquisition request to the destination service server. The service server may be based on the URL desired by the user, or may be the URL of the advertisement content for the subsequent advertisement information (URL of the advertisement server).

  The advertisement information accumulation unit 120 accumulates advertisement information to be distributed to terminals of other companies contracts. It is also preferable that a position information range that the advertiser desires to be distributed is associated with each advertisement information.

  The acquisition response receiving unit 121 receives an acquisition response including content corresponding to the acquisition request from the service server. The acquisition response is output to the advertisement information adding unit 122. The acquisition response may be received from a service server desired by the user, or may be received from a subsequent advertisement server. The acquisition response received from the advertisement server is output to the acquisition response transfer unit 123 as it is.

  The advertisement information addition unit 122 adds predetermined advertisement information to the content included in the acquisition response only when the identifier determination unit 112 determines that the information is not registered in the identifier registration unit. That is, the advertisement information is added to the acquisition response to the terminal of another company contract. The advertisement information is acquired from the advertisement information storage unit 120. Then, the acquisition response is output to the acquisition response transfer unit 123.

  In addition, when position information is included in the acquisition request received from the terminal, the advertisement information adding unit 122 adds advertisement information having a position information range belonging to the position to the content of the acquisition response.

  As another embodiment, the advertisement information adding unit 122 may transmit the advertisement information to the terminal 2 in a push manner. In this case, after the advertisement information is transmitted to the terminal 2, the acquisition response is output to the acquisition response transfer unit 123 as it is.

  Note that the advertisement information adding unit 122 advertises the content based on the acquisition response even if it is determined that the terminal identifier is not registered in the identifier registration unit 110 after the charging control unit 132 completes the charging process. Do not add information.

  The acquisition response transfer unit 123 transfers the acquisition response to the terminal via the access point.

  The advertisement acquisition notification receiving unit 131 receives an advertisement acquisition notification from the advertisement server or the store information device. At that time, the charging control unit 132 is instructed to start processing. The “advertisement acquisition notification” includes, for example, an advertiser identifier and an advertisement fee point.

  The charging control unit 132 performs control so that a predetermined amount of points is transferred from the second charging server based on the advertiser of the advertising information to the first charging server based on the first communication carrier that manages the access network. .

  As described above in detail, according to the wireless network access method, relay server, and program of the present invention, the second communication with respect to the first access network that is operated and managed by the first communication carrier. Even a terminal that has contracted with a provider's connection service can be connected. ADVANTAGE OF THE INVENTION According to the present invention, it is possible to achieve a trade-off between the profit for the user of the terminal and the profit for the telecommunications carrier by intentionally adding advertisement information to the page content that the terminal of the contract of the other company intends to browse. .

  Various changes, modifications, and omissions of the above-described various embodiments of the present invention can be easily made by those skilled in the art. The above description is merely an example, and is not intended to be restrictive. The invention is limited only as defined in the following claims and the equivalents thereto.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Relay server 100 Communication interface 110 Identifier registration part 111 Acquisition request reception part 112 Identifier determination part 113 Acquisition response transfer part 120 Advertisement information storage part 121 Acquisition response reception part 122 Advertisement information addition part 123 Acquisition response transfer part 131 Advertisement acquisition notification reception part 132 charging control unit 2 terminal 3 access point 4 service server 5 advertising server

Claims (7)

An access network interconnected to the Internet;
An access point connected between the access network and a wireless network;
A terminal based on user operation;
A wireless network access method in a system having a relay server installed in the access network,
The relay server has an identifier registration unit that registers an accessible terminal identifier;
A first step in which the terminal transmits an acquisition request including a terminal identifier to the relay server via the access point;
A second step in which the relay server determines whether or not the terminal identifier included in the acquisition request is a terminal identifier registered in the identifier registration unit;
A third step in which the relay server transfers the acquisition request to a destination service server;
A fourth step in which the service server transmits an acquisition response including content corresponding to the acquisition request from the relay server;
Only when it is determined that the relay server is not registered in the identifier registration unit in the second step, the predetermined advertisement information is added to the content included in the acquisition response, or the advertisement information is A fifth step of pushing to the terminal,
The relay server has a sixth step of transferring the acquisition response to the terminal via the access point, and the advertisement information is simultaneously reproduced and displayed by the terminal together with the content based on the acquisition response. are those that,
The system further includes an advertisement server based on the advertisement information,
When the advertisement information reproduced and displayed by the terminal is instructed by a user operation, the relay server receives an acquisition request based on the advertisement information from the terminal via the access point, and the acquisition request A seventh step of transferring to the advertising server;
The relay server receives an acquisition response including the advertisement content from the advertisement server, and transfers the acquisition response to the terminal via the access point;
A ninth step in which the relay server receives an advertisement acquisition notification from the advertisement server;
Under the control of the relay server, a predetermined amount of points is transferred from the second billing server based on the advertiser of the advertising information to the first billing server based on the first telecommunications carrier that manages the access network. 10 steps,
An eleventh step in which the relay server receives an acquisition request from the terminal via the access point;
A twelfth step in which the relay server forwards the acquisition request to a service server;
A thirteenth step in which the relay server receives an acquisition response including content corresponding to the acquisition request from the service server;
Even if it is determined that the relay server is not registered in the identifier registration unit in the second step, only the acquisition response is added without adding advertising information to the content based on the acquisition response. A fourteenth step of transferring to the terminal via an access point;
Wireless network access method characterized by having a. The identifier registration unit registers a terminal identifier contracted with a first communication carrier,
The access network and the access point are operated and managed by a first communication carrier,
The terminal is contracted with a second carrier;
For the second step, the relay server determines that it is not a terminal identifier contracted with the first communication carrier,
The wireless network access method according to claim 1, wherein the relay server adds advertisement information to the acquisition response to the terminal contracted with the second communication carrier for the fifth step. A location information range is associated with each advertisement information,
For the first step, the acquisition request further includes location information by the terminal,
In the fifth step, the relay server adds advertisement information having a position information range to which the position information included in the acquisition request belongs to the content of the acquisition response. The wireless network access method described. A relay server connected to an access network interconnected to the Internet, wherein the relay server communicates with a terminal based on a user operation via an access point connected between the access network and a wireless network. And
An identifier registration means for preregistering accessible terminal identifiers;
An acquisition request receiving means for receiving an acquisition request including a terminal identifier from the terminal via the access point;
Identifier determination means for determining whether the terminal identifier included in the acquisition request is a terminal identifier registered in the identifier registration means;
Acquisition request transfer means for transferring the acquisition request to a destination service server;
An acquisition response receiving means for receiving an acquisition response including content corresponding to the acquisition request from the service server;
Only when it is determined by the identifier determination means that it is not registered in the identifier registration means, predetermined advertisement information is added to the content included in the acquisition response, or the advertisement information is directed to the terminal An advertisement information adding means for transmitting in a push manner;
An acquisition response transfer means for transferring the acquisition response to the terminal via the access point, and the terminal also reproduces and displays the advertisement information together with the content based on the acquisition response ,
The system further includes an advertisement server based on the advertisement information,
The acquisition request receiving means receives an acquisition request based on the advertisement information from the terminal via the access point when the advertisement information reproduced and displayed for the terminal is instructed by a user operation.
The acquisition request transfer means transfers the acquisition request to the advertisement server,
The acquisition response receiving means receives an acquisition response including advertisement content from the advertisement server,
The acquisition response transfer means transfers the acquisition response to the terminal via the access point,
An advertisement acquisition notification receiving means for receiving an advertisement acquisition notification from the advertisement server;
Charging control means for controlling to transfer a predetermined amount of points from a second charging server based on an advertiser of the advertising information to a first charging server based on a first communication carrier that manages the access network;
Further comprising
The advertisement information adding means does not add advertisement information to the content based on the acquisition response even when it is determined that the identifier determination means is not a terminal identifier registered in the identifier registration means. A relay server characterized by The identifier registration means registers a terminal identifier contracted with the first communication carrier,
When the access network and the access point are managed by a first communication carrier, and the terminal is contracted with a second communication carrier,
The identifier determining means determines that the terminal identifier is not a contract with the first communication carrier,
The relay server according to claim 4 , wherein the advertisement information adding unit adds the advertisement information to an acquisition response to the terminal contracted with a second communication carrier. A location information range is associated with each advertisement information,
The acquisition request further includes location information by the terminal,
The relay according to claim 4 or 5 , wherein the advertisement information adding means adds advertisement information having a position information range to which the position information included in the acquisition request belongs to the content of the acquisition response. server. A relay server connected to an access network interconnected to the Internet, and mounted on a relay server that communicates with a terminal based on a user operation via an access point connected between the access network and a wireless network. A program for operating a computer,
An identifier registration means for preregistering accessible terminal identifiers;
An acquisition request receiving means for receiving an acquisition request including a terminal identifier from the terminal via the access point;
Identifier determination means for determining whether the terminal identifier included in the acquisition request is a terminal identifier registered in the identifier registration means;
Acquisition request transfer means for transferring the acquisition request to a destination service server;
An acquisition response receiving means for receiving an acquisition response including content corresponding to the acquisition request from the service server;
Only when it is determined by the identifier determination means that it is not registered in the identifier registration means, predetermined advertisement information is added to the content included in the acquisition response, or the advertisement information is directed to the terminal An advertisement information adding means for transmitting in a push manner;
The computer functions as an acquisition response transfer means for transferring the acquisition response to the terminal via the access point, and the advertisement information is reproduced and displayed simultaneously with the content based on the acquisition response by the terminal . ,
The system further includes an advertisement server based on the advertisement information,
The acquisition request receiving means receives an acquisition request based on the advertisement information from the terminal via the access point when the advertisement information reproduced and displayed for the terminal is instructed by a user operation.
The acquisition request transfer means transfers the acquisition request to the advertisement server,
The acquisition response receiving means receives an acquisition response including advertisement content from the advertisement server,
The acquisition response transfer means transfers the acquisition response to the terminal via the access point,
An advertisement acquisition notification receiving means for receiving an advertisement acquisition notification from the advertisement server;
Charging control means for controlling to transfer a predetermined amount of points from a second charging server based on an advertiser of the advertising information to a first charging server based on a first communication carrier that manages the access network;
Further comprising
The advertisement information adding means does not add advertisement information to the content based on the acquisition response even when it is determined that the identifier determining means is not a terminal identifier registered in the identifier registering means.
Ones, and the program for the relay server, wherein the.

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