KR100909115B1 - Network automatic login system - Google Patents

Abstract

The automatic network login system according to the present invention generates an identifier and a password of a terminal and transmits the generated login server to the terminal so that the terminal can automatically access the network without user intervention.

In addition, it is possible to reduce the load of the login server by transmitting the address (IP), the port and the environment file of the server to be connected to the terminal required for network access, or by allowing the terminal to download it directly.

Description

Network auto login system

1 is a block diagram showing an automatic network login system according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Figure 2 is a block diagram showing a network automatic login system according to another embodiment of the present invention.

3 is a connection flowchart of the network automatic login system of FIGS. 1 and 2.

4 is a block diagram showing the configuration of a login server of the network automatic login system of FIGS. 1 and 2;

* Description of the symbols for the main parts of the drawings *

10, 30 ... terminal 20, 40 ... login server

Terminal information storage unit 120 Connection detection unit

130 ... Terminal information search section 140 ... Network connection guide

The present invention relates to a network automatic login system, and more particularly, to a network automatic login system that automatically performs a process of manually setting an address.

Today, networks are widespread. The Internet that we commonly encounter is representative, and such a network system is composed of a terminal which a user directly manipulates and various servers connecting the terminal.

The server performs some preliminary procedures for network access of the terminal. In brief, the server checks the ID (identifier) of the terminal to be connected to the network and a password (password, password) that determines whether the user is a valid user. The process of allocating a server address (IP address, information provider address) and port of the server to be accessed is performed.

In this process, an element causing inconvenience to a user appears. The procedure of initially installing a terminal and initially connecting to a network is performed manually.

In other words, the user can connect to the network only when the user sets the ID, password, address of the server to be connected, and port directly to the terminal. This process may seem easy, but it is a difficult factor for users who do not have knowledge of the network and the terminal, so it is common to set up a site visitor in the terminal seller or network service company.

This phenomenon is caused by manually setting the environment at the time of first network connection of a given terminal, and the countermeasures will be described below.

The present invention has been made to solve the above problems, and an object of the present invention is to automatically perform necessary settings when a terminal accesses a network.

To this end, it is another object to provide a terminal and a login server capable of automatic network configuration.

Another object of the present invention is to provide a countermeasure for preventing a bottleneck caused by the connection of a plurality of terminals.

The present invention to achieve the above object is a terminal having a predetermined terminal manufacturer identifier and its own hardware information; And after storing the terminal manufacturer identifier and hardware information of the terminal in advance, if the network connection of the terminal is detected, retrieves the terminal manufacturer identifier and hardware information of the stored terminal, identifier, password, corresponding to the terminal, And a login server for generating an address, a port, and an environment file of a server to which the terminal is to be connected, and automatically transmitting to the terminal.

In this case, the login server stores an identifier, a password, an address and port of a server to which the terminal is to be connected, an environment file, and extracts the stored contents to be automatically transmitted to the terminal at a later connection of the terminal. It is desirable to.

In addition, the present invention provides a terminal having a predetermined terminal manufacturer identifier and its own hardware information; And after storing the terminal manufacturer identifier and hardware information of the terminal in advance, and if the network connection of the terminal is detected, the terminal manufacturer identifier and hardware information of the terminal are stored, and the identifier and password corresponding to the terminal are retrieved. It has a login server for generating a configuration file name including the address and port of the server to be connected to the terminal, the image file information of the terminal to transmit to the terminal,

The terminal may be configured to receive a configuration file corresponding to a configuration file name transmitted from the login server in the login server, and to receive an address, a port, and an environment file of a server to be accessed.

Here, the login server stores a configuration file name including an identifier, a password corresponding to the terminal to which the terminal is connected, and an address and a port of the server to which the terminal is to be connected, and extracts the stored contents to be transmitted to the terminal when the terminal is connected later. It is desirable to.

On the other hand, the login server is preferably performed after the address setting of the terminal in the DHCP (dynamic host configuration protocol) server.

In addition, the terminal is preferably a Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) terminal, and in this case, the identifier is preferably a telephone number.

In addition, the login server is preferably Internet-based.

Through the above configuration, the present invention comprises the steps of storing the terminal manufacturer identifier and hardware information of the terminal in a predetermined login server; Accessing a predetermined network at a terminal; Retrieving a terminal manufacturer identifier and hardware information corresponding to the terminal, by the login server recognizing connection of the terminal; Generating, by the login server, an identifier corresponding to the terminal manufacturer identifier and hardware information, a password, an address and port of a server to which the terminal is to be connected, and an environment file to the terminal; And the terminal completes connection to a predetermined network based on the transmitted contents.

Or storing terminal manufacturer identifiers and hardware information of the terminal in a predetermined login server; Accessing a predetermined network at a terminal; Retrieving a terminal manufacturer identifier and hardware information corresponding to the terminal, by the login server recognizing connection of the terminal; Generating a configuration file including an address, a port, and an environment file of a server to be accessed by the terminal, generating an identifier, a password, and the configuration file name corresponding to the terminal manufacturer identifier and hardware information, and transmitting the configuration file to the terminal; ; Obtaining, by the terminal, a configuration file corresponding to the transmitted configuration file name from the login server and downloading the configuration file, thereby obtaining an address, a port, and an environment file of a server to be connected; And the terminal completes access to a predetermined network by using the acquired contents, previously transmitted identifier, and password.

Similarly, the network is preferably the Internet, and the terminal may further comprise the step of upgrading by receiving firmware (firmware) from the login server before completion of the connection.

In addition, the terminal may be a Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) terminal, in which case the identifier is preferably a telephone number.

In addition, the present invention provides a terminal information storage unit for storing the terminal manufacturer identifier and hardware information of a predetermined terminal in advance; A connection detecting unit detecting a connection of the terminal; A terminal information retrieval unit for retrieving terminal manufacturer identifier and hardware information of the terminal; After generating and storing an identifier, a password, an address and a port of a server to which the terminal is to be connected, an environment file, and transmitting the environment file to the terminal, the extracted contents are extracted to the terminal when the terminal is connected later. Another feature of the present invention is to provide a network login server including a network connection guide that transmits immediately.

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

1 is a block diagram showing an automatic network login system according to an embodiment of the present invention.

The description below assumes that the terminal has been assigned a dynamic IP address or a static IP address from the network system.

1, the network automatic login system according to the present embodiment includes a terminal 10 having a predetermined terminal manufacturer identifier and its own hardware information; And after storing the terminal manufacturer identifier and hardware information of the terminal in advance, if the network connection of the terminal is detected, retrieves the terminal manufacturer identifier and hardware information of the stored terminal, identifier, password, corresponding to the terminal, And a login server 20 for generating an address, a port, and an environment file of the server to be accessed by the terminal and transmitting the configuration file to the terminal.

The terminal 10 is a terminal which can be connected to a network, and has a terminal manufacturer's identifier (serial number or specific value) and its own hardware information (MAC (media access control, media access control) layer information). have.

Looking at the above, since the login server 20 should store the identifier of the terminal manufacturer of the terminal 10 and its own hardware information, when the purchase of the terminal 10 to record the information at the point of purchase to the login server ( 20) should be informed.

Such a procedure is preferably performed by the terminal seller, not the user.

Of course, when the terminal accesses the login server, the terminal manufacturer identifier and hardware information may be transmitted, but even in this case, the terminal needs to separately check whether the terminal is authorized to access the login server (subscription). Uncomfortable. Therefore, it is preferable that the login server acquires and stores the terminal manufacturer identifier and hardware information at the time of granting the access right to the login server (when signing up, or when making a contract with the producer).

Through the above process, the login server 20 has terminal manufacturer identifiers and hardware information of all terminals to be connected to it.

When the login server 20 detects a connection of the terminal 10, the login server 20 searches for stored manufacturer identifier and hardware information to find manufacturer identifier and hardware information of the connected terminal 10. An identifier (ID) corresponding to the terminal 10, a password, an address and a port of a server to which the terminal 10 is to be connected, and an environment file for connection are generated and transmitted to the terminal 10.

The terminal 10 having received the contents sets the network based on the contents, thereby automatically connecting to the server to be connected.

In other words, by allowing the identifier, password, server address and port to be connected to the network, and the environment file to be transmitted by terminal, the network can be automatically connected without collision between terminals.

Since the above identifier, password, address and port of the server to be connected are generally fixed before changing the address of the server, it may be a waste of unnecessary resources to repeatedly generate the elements necessary for network access. Accordingly, the login server 20 stores an identifier, a password, an address and a port of a server to which the terminal is to be connected, an environment file corresponding to the terminal 10 to which the terminal is connected, and extracts the stored contents when the terminal is accessed later. It is preferable to transmit to the terminal.

On the other hand, the consideration in the above network system is that the overload due to the connection of a plurality of terminals can be put on the login server. This is a problem that is expected by the login server transmitting a large amount of data including an identifier, a password, the address and port of the server to be connected, and an environment file to the terminal.

Create and save a configuration file including the address and port of the server to which the terminal will access, and an environment file (may vary for each server to be accessed), and send the name (configuration file name) of the configuration file to the terminal along with the identifier and password. The terminal searches for a configuration file corresponding to the configuration file name in the login server and downloads a configuration file including a server address, a port, and an environment file, whereby the login server plays a role in the terminal. By overloading, overload can be prevented.

In summary, the terminal 30 having a predetermined terminal manufacturer identifier and its own hardware information; And after storing the terminal manufacturer identifier and hardware information of the terminal 30 in advance, if the network connection of the terminal 30 is detected, retrieves the terminal manufacturer identifier and hardware information of the stored terminal 30, And a login server 40 for generating a configuration file name including an identifier, a password corresponding to the terminal 30, an address and a port of a server to which the terminal is to be connected, and transmitting the generated configuration file name to the terminal. The configuration file matching the configuration file name transmitted from the server 40 is searched by the login server 40 to receive the configuration file including the address, port, and environment file of the server to which the terminal 30 is to be connected.

In this case, as in FIG. 1, the configuration file name including the identifier, the password, and the address and port of the server to which the terminal is to be connected are stored, and the stored contents are stored at a later connection of the terminal. It is preferable to reduce the load on the login server by extracting and transmitting the extracted data to the terminal.

For reference, suppose that the terminal to access the network has been assigned a dynamic IP address or a static IP address from the network system. Looking at this process, a DHCP (dynamic host configuration protocol) server (needed) is required. This means that there is an intervention of DNS (including Domain Name System / Domain Name Server).

DHCP refers to a dynamic host configuration protocol, and refers to a communication protocol for automatically allocating and managing configuration information necessary for executing TCP / IP communication, and is defined in RFC 1541. Provides uniform management of IP addresses in telecommunication networks in TCP / IP environments. Like the Initial Load Protocol (BOOTP), as a protocol on the User Datagram Protocol (UDP), the Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP) server assigns an IP address at the request of a DHCP client.

In the meantime, the terminal may be a Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) terminal in an automatic network login system.

VoIP is a communication technology capable of making calls over the Internet, and refers to using a packet network for data communication, which has been used in the past, for an Internet phone. Specifically, it is a communication service technology that converts voice data into Internet protocol data packets to enable a call on a general telephone network, which can be simultaneously used by multiple people through a cable, has excellent scalability, and is much cheaper than a conventional telephone.

In this case, it is preferable that the identifier (ID) of the terminal is a telephone number. In this way, the user can directly enter the network automatic login system without specifying an identifier as well as a password. Of course, in this case, the login server should be based on the Internet, and the login server may be applied to various Internet-based systems including VoIP.

Let us look at the operation of the network automatic login system of such a configuration through FIG.

In the following steps, a step (not shown) of storing the terminal manufacturer identifier and hardware information of the terminal in a predetermined login server should be preceded, and the method has been described above.

When the terminal attempts to access a predetermined network, the login server that recognizes the connection of the terminal retrieves the terminal manufacturer identifier and hardware information corresponding to the terminal. The login server may acquire the terminal manufacturer identifier and the hardware information by attempting to log in to the login server with an encryption key request message including information.

The login server finds the information of the terminal previously stored by the search, generates an identifier, a password corresponding to the terminal manufacturer identifier and hardware information, an address and a port of the server to which the terminal is to be connected, and an environment file to the terminal. In step S 130 and S 140, the terminal completes the connection to a predetermined network based on the transmitted contents.

The above process is an operation related to a method in which the login server simultaneously transmits an address, a port, and an environment file of a server to which the terminal is to access.

Let's look at another way.

First, when the terminal manufacturer identifier and hardware information of the terminal are stored in a predetermined login server (not shown), and then the terminal attempts to access a predetermined network, the login server that recognizes the connection of the terminal is connected to the terminal. Search for the corresponding terminal manufacturer identifier and hardware information, generate a configuration file including the address, port, and environment file of the server to which the terminal is to be connected, and then identify the identifier, password, and configuration file name corresponding to the terminal manufacturer identifier and hardware information. Generate and transmit to the terminal (S 130).

Then, the terminal searches for the configuration file corresponding to the transmitted configuration file name in the login server, and obtains the address, port, and environment file of the server to be connected (S 140). Thereafter, the terminal checks the software version in the terminal through the contents of the transmitted configuration file, and if the version is different, downloads a predetermined software (image file) from the login server (S 150). The terminal completes the connection to the predetermined network by using the received identifier and password. This approach allows the login server to bear some of the transmission burden on the terminal-to directly find and download the address, port and environment file of the server to be accessed-to prevent bottlenecks caused by the connection of multiple terminals.

In FIG. 3, a login server and a server storing the configuration file are separated and configured. This is to further reduce the load of the login server. Referring to the operation, the terminal manufacturer identifier and hardware information of the terminal are determined by a predetermined login server. Storing in (not shown); Accessing a predetermined network at a terminal; Retrieving a terminal manufacturer identifier and hardware information corresponding to the terminal, by the login server recognizing connection of the terminal; The login server generates the address and configuration file name of the configuration file server including the address, port, and environment file of the server to which the terminal is to be connected, the configuration file name, the identifier corresponding to the terminal manufacturer identifier and the hardware information, and the password. Transmitting to the terminal (S 130); Acquiring, by the terminal, a configuration file server through the address of the transmitted configuration file server, searching for and downloading the configuration file to obtain an address, a port, and an environment file of a server to be connected (S 140); The terminal comparing the software (image file) version of the terminal extracted from the transmitted configuration file with the software version currently owned by the terminal, and searching for and downloading the terminal software from the login server if different. (S 150); And it can be seen that the terminal operates by completing the connection to a predetermined network by using the downloaded configuration file, the previously transmitted identifier and password.

Except for configuring the configuration file server separately, the same method as above, the configuration file server is configured as an HTTP server in the drawing.

On the other hand, the network may be Internet-based, in this case, the terminal is assigned to the IP address through the DHCP server and DNS server for the network (S 110, S 120), when accessing the login server You can send more IP address and DHCP information. In addition, the terminal downloads a configuration file and a terminal image file from the HTTP server (S 140, S 150), and also transmits and receives with a server (ToD server) storing time information and, if necessary, a softswitch (SSW). This is possible (S 160, S 170), this process is the same as in the prior art.

In this case, the soft switch preferably receives an identifier and a password of the terminal from the login server. Through this, the soft switch can automatically input the identifier and password of the terminal, which have been manually entered by an administrator of the conventional soft switch. Management of the switch becomes easy.

On the other hand, the terminal preferably further comprises the step of upgrading by receiving a firmware (firmware) from the login or HTTP server before the connection is completed through a configuration file if necessary.

In addition, when the terminal is a VoIP terminal, the identifier of the terminal is preferably set to a telephone number.

In summary, the configuration of the network connection setting of the terminal, which was conventionally performed manually, is automatically performed. For this purpose, the login server managing the network login of the terminal is a terminal manufacturer identifier of a predetermined terminal as shown in FIG. 4. And a terminal information storage unit 110 for storing hardware information in advance. A connection detecting unit 120 detecting a connection of the terminal; A terminal information retrieval unit 130 for retrieving terminal manufacturer identifier and hardware information of the terminal; After generating and storing an identifier, a password, an address and a port of a server to which the terminal is to be connected, an environment file, and transmitting the environment file to the terminal, the extracted contents are extracted to the terminal when the terminal is connected later. It includes a network connection guide 140 for transmitting immediately, the network connection guide is to provide the soft switch and the identifier and password of the terminal as necessary (for example, in the case of a VoIP terminal).

As described above, the network automatic login system according to the present invention generates and transmits the identifier and password of the terminal to the terminal by the login server so that the terminal can automatically access the network without user intervention. .

In addition, it is possible to reduce the load of the login server by transmitting the address (IP), the port and the environment file of the server to be connected to the terminal required for network access, or by allowing the terminal to download it directly.

Claims (17)

A terminal having a predetermined terminal manufacturer identifier and information of a MAC (media access control) layer; And After storing the terminal manufacturer identifier of the terminal and the information of the MAC layer in advance, and when the network connection of the terminal is detected, the terminal manufacturer identifier and MAC layer of the stored terminal is retrieved and the identifier corresponding to the terminal is retrieved. And a login server that generates a password, an address and port of a server to which the terminal is to be connected, and an environment file and automatically transmits the generated file to the terminal. The login server stores an identifier, a password, an address and a port of a server to which the terminal is to be connected, and an environment file, and extracts the stored contents to be automatically transmitted to the terminal at a later connection of the terminal. Network automatic login system. delete The method of claim 1, DHCP (Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol) server for setting the address of the terminal further includes, And the login server performs the function after setting the address of the DHCP server. The method of claim 1, And the terminal is a Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) terminal. The method of claim 4, wherein And said identifier is a telephone number. The method of claim 1, The login server is a network automatic login system, characterized in that the server based on the Internet. Accessing a predetermined network at a terminal; Recognizing a connection of the terminal and retrieving information of the terminal manufacturer identifier and the MAC layer corresponding to the terminal by a login server that stores the terminal manufacturer identifier and the MAC layer information of the terminal in advance; Generating, by the login server, an identifier, a password, an address and a port of a server to which the terminal is to be connected, and an environment file corresponding to the terminal manufacturer identifier and information of the MAC layer, and transmitting the generated environment file to the terminal; And The terminal completing access to a predetermined network based on the transmitted contents; Network automatic access method comprising a. Accessing a predetermined network at a terminal; Recognizing a connection of the terminal and retrieving information of the terminal manufacturer identifier and the MAC layer corresponding to the terminal by a login server that stores the terminal manufacturer identifier and the MAC layer information of the terminal in advance; The login server generates a configuration file including an address, a port, and an environment file of the server to which the terminal is to be connected, and generates an identifier, a password, and a file name of the generated configuration file corresponding to the terminal manufacturer identifier and information of the MAC layer. Transmitting to the terminal; Obtaining, by the terminal, a configuration file corresponding to a file name of a transmitted configuration file from the login server and downloading the configuration file, thereby obtaining an address, a port, and an environment file of a server to be connected; And The terminal completing access to a predetermined network by using the acquired contents, the previously received identifier, and a password; Network automatic access method comprising a. Accessing a predetermined network at a terminal; Recognizing a connection of the terminal and retrieving information of the terminal manufacturer identifier and the MAC layer corresponding to the terminal by a login server that stores the terminal manufacturer identifier and the MAC layer information of the terminal in advance; The login server by generating an address and a configuration file name of a configuration file server including a configuration file including an address, a port, and an environment file of the server to which the terminal is to be connected, an identifier corresponding to the terminal manufacturer identifier and information of the MAC layer, and a password. Transmitting to the terminal; Acquiring, by the terminal, a configuration file server through the address of the transmitted configuration file server, searching for and downloading the configuration file to obtain an address, a port, and an environment file of a server to be connected; And The terminal completes access to a predetermined network by using the downloaded configuration file, a previously transmitted identifier, and a password. Network automatic access method comprising a. The method of claim 9, And the configuration file server is an HTTP server. The method according to any one of claims 7 to 9, And said network is the Internet. The method according to any one of claims 7 to 10, If necessary, the terminal further comprises the step of upgrading by receiving firmware (firmware) from the login or HTTP server before completing the connection. The method according to any one of claims 7 to 9, The terminal is a voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) terminal, characterized in that the automatic network access method. The method of claim 13, And said identifier is a telephone number. The method according to any one of claims 7 to 9, The login server provides an identifier and password of the terminal to a softswitch (SSW). A terminal information storage unit which stores terminal manufacturer identifier and MAC layer information of a predetermined terminal in advance; A connection detecting unit detecting a connection of the terminal; A terminal information retrieval unit for retrieving terminal manufacturer identifier and MAC layer information of the terminal; After generating and storing an identifier, a password, an address and a port of a server to which the terminal is to be connected, an environment file, and transmitting the environment file to the terminal, the extracted contents are extracted to the terminal when the terminal is connected later. Direct network connection guide Network login server comprising a. The method of claim 16, The network connection guide unit provides an identifier and a password of the terminal to a soft switch.

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