KR20060017241A - Method and apparatus for simply registering user using mobile terminal at wireless internet - Google Patents

Abstract

A method and apparatus for subscribing to the wireless Internet with a mobile terminal is disclosed. The present invention includes the steps of: A) detecting the subscriber ID of the terminal connected to the wireless Internet network; B) performing authentication on the subscriber ID; C) if the result of the authentication is a subscriber having a right authority but not registered in the wireless Internet, transmitting a message to the terminal of the subscriber inquiring whether to join the wireless internet; D) If a message is received from the subscriber's terminal agreeing to join the wireless Internet, the wireless internet service is automatically subscribed to the wireless internet service. Can be provided.

Integrated Management, Wireless Internet, Registration, Subscription Process

Description

Method and Apparatus For Simply Registering User Using Mobile Terminal At Wireless Internet}

1 illustrates a system for integrated management of wired and wireless Internet to which an embodiment of the present invention is applied.

2 illustrates an apparatus for easily registering in the wireless Internet using a mobile terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention.

3 is a flowchart illustrating a method for easily registering in the wireless Internet using a mobile terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention.

4 illustrates a swap page to which an embodiment of the present invention is applied.

<Explanation of symbols for the main parts of the drawings>

100: subscriber terminal

120: communication network

130: swap gateway

150: content providing device

200: integrated management device

300: central management unit

310: content provider access device

330: transmission device

334-1: Sense Module

334-3: Authentication module

350: interface device

500: subscriber management device

550: Web Subscriber Management Module

570: Wap Subscriber Management Module

The present invention relates to a wireless network, and more particularly, a method for subscribing to the wireless internet as a mobile terminal that enables a user to conveniently use the wireless internet if a user wants to access the wireless network even if the mobile terminal does not subscribe to the wireless internet. And to the apparatus.

At present, with the development of mobile terminals, mobile terminals are no longer means for providing only voice communication. In particular, a WAP capable mobile terminal actively connects to a gateway to access information desired by a user. Through a swappable mobile terminal, the user can immediately obtain the desired information such as flight time, ringtones and games, as well as real-time stock market quotes.

If you want to join the wireless Internet in the same way as joining the wired Internet, a predetermined subscription procedure must be performed. In other words, there are many data inputs required for registration such as a subscriber's name, address, social security number or business registration number, ID to be used, and password according to ID by visiting a dealer or accessing the wireless Internet through a mobile terminal.

In addition, in the case of a mobile terminal, data input was more difficult due to the small screen and keypad.

In addition, there has been a problem that if a user who is using a swappable mobile terminal but does not subscribe to the wireless internet wants to use the wireless internet, he / she has to perform a cumbersome subscription procedure.

The present invention has been made in view of the above circumstances, and an object of the present invention is to be able to use the wireless Internet conveniently by joining the wireless Internet without inputting data necessary for registration of a mobile terminal connected to the wireless Internet. A method and apparatus for subscribing to the wireless Internet as a mobile terminal are provided.

Method for subscribing to the wireless Internet with a mobile terminal according to the first aspect of the present invention for achieving the above object,

A) detecting a subscriber ID of a terminal connected to a wireless Internet network;

B) performing authentication on the subscriber ID;

C) when the authentication result, the subscriber having a legitimate authority, but not registered in the wireless Internet, transmitting a message to the terminal of the subscriber asking whether to join the wireless Internet;

D) If a message is received from the subscriber terminal agreeing to the wireless Internet subscription, it is automatically subscribed to the wireless Internet.

Apparatus for subscribing to the wireless Internet with a mobile terminal according to a second aspect of the present invention for achieving the above object,

A sensing module for detecting a subscriber ID and a device ID of a terminal connected to a wireless Internet network;

An authentication module for determining whether a party is a party based on a subscriber ID detected by the detection module, and inquiring about a registered service when the party is a party; And

And a subscriber management device for retrieving the registered service of the subscriber according to the inquiry message and automatically registering with the wireless internet by receiving the wireless internet registration request of the terminal. It features.

Therefore, according to the present invention, even when not connected to the wireless Internet, it is possible to provide a wireless Internet service when accessing the wireless Internet using a mobile terminal.

Hereinafter, with reference to the accompanying drawings will be described a preferred embodiment of the present invention.

1 illustrates a system for integrated management of wired and wireless Internet to which an embodiment of the present invention is applied.

Referring to FIG. 1, a mobile communication system includes a communication network 120 and an integrated management device 300 to connect a subscriber terminal 100, a content providing device 150, and an external server 170.

The subscriber station 100 includes both a mobile phone capable of wireless communication, a mobile communication terminal including a PDA, and a computer capable of wired communication.

In one application, an external server 170 is included in a mobile communication system.

The content providers of the present invention are operators to provide a service including a content and an application composed of various data to the subscriber terminal 100 through a mobile communication system.

The integrated management device 300 has an open structure including a content provider connection device, a central management device, a transmission device, and an interface device, and thus has flexibility and modularity that can be implemented together with other solutions. Therefore, the integrated management device 300 supports HP-UX, Sun Solaris, WebLogic, Oracle9iAS, SunONE Web Server as a multiple platform.

In addition, the integrated management device 300 supports global regulations related to wireless business such as WAP (Wireless Application Protocol).

In addition, the integrated management device 300 may start the service faster by integrating and managing the content provider, the service and content of the content provider, and the menu of the subscriber. In addition, the integrated management device 300 provides an authentication model based on service-based subscription and CP policy.

The content providing device 150 receives an account in the integrated management device 200 through the communication network 120 and registers a service to be provided to the subscriber station 100. At this time, the integrated management device 200 performs the overall management necessary for providing the service, that is, the content provided by the content providing device 150 to the subscriber terminal (100).

The integrated management device 300 is connected to the external server 170, an example of the external server 170 is a billing server.

2 illustrates an apparatus for easily registering in the wireless Internet using a mobile terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention.

As illustrated, the integrated management device 200 includes a content provider access device 310, a central management device 300, a transmission device 330, and an interface device 350.

The transmission device 330 includes a sensing module 334-1 and an authentication module 334-3. When the mobile terminal, which can communicate through the mobile communication system, is connected to the wireless Internet through the swap gateway 130, the subscriber terminal 100 is connected to the transmission device 330.

The transmission device 330 to which the mobile terminal is connected detects a phone number of the mobile terminal and terminal information of the mobile terminal in the detection module 334-1. That is, the sensing module 334-1 detects the subscriber ID and the device ID of the mobile terminal.

Based on the detected subscriber ID, the authentication module 334-3 of the transmitting device 330 determines whether the subscriber has a right authority.

In addition, the subscriber management apparatus 500 includes a web subscriber management module 550 and a swap subscriber management module 570.

The web subscriber management module 550 stores and manages subscriber information subscribed to the wired internet, and the swap subscriber management module 570 stores and manages subscriber information subscribed to the wireless internet.

In addition, when the subscriber management apparatus 500 requests to join the wireless Internet by a mobile terminal connected to the wireless Internet, the subscriber management apparatus 500 is required for registration when registering the subscriber ID and device ID detected by the detection module 334-1. Use as data. The subscriber's name, address, social security number, ID, password, etc. necessary for joining the wireless Internet is replaced with temporary data provided from the subscriber management apparatus 500.

Subscriber information subscribed to the wired or wireless Internet through a route such as an agency is transmitted to the subscriber management device 500 through the regulation related server 171.

The operating state of the present invention configured as described above will be described.

When the subscriber station 100 accesses the wireless internet, the transmitting device 330 of the integrated management device 200 which is a portal platform for managing the wireless internet and the wired internet together is a subscriber of the subscriber station 100. An ID and a device ID of the subscriber station 100 are detected (S300 and S310).

In more detail, the detection module 334-1 of the transmission device 330 detects the subscriber ID and the device ID for the subscriber station 100. In this case, the subscriber ID may include a mobile identification number (MIN), a mobile directory number (MDN), a client ID, and the like, and the device ID may include a URI, a user agent, a phone type, and the like.

After detecting the subscriber ID in the detection module 334-1, whether the subscriber is a legitimate subscriber or not is performed by the authentication module 334-3 of the transmission device 330 (S320).

Criteria for determining whether the subscriber is a subscriber having a legitimate authority are determined by an operator or an administrator. That is, for example, a subscriber having a legitimate authority in the present invention is a subscriber who has subscribed to a mobile communication network, and a subscriber who has previously been charged for a service charge in the past.

In step S320, if it is determined that the subscriber station 100 connected to the wireless network is a legitimate subscriber, the subscriber management device 500 inquires whether the subscriber is registered in the wireless Internet (S330). When the subscriber station 100 is a subscriber registered in the wireless internet in step S330, the subscriber station 100 is connected to the wireless internet (S380).

As a result of searching using the swap subscriber management module 570 of the subscriber management apparatus 500, if the subscriber station 100 is not a subscriber registered in the wireless Internet, the swap page 400 as shown in FIG. ) Is transmitted to the subscriber station 100 (S350).

That is, the subscriber station 100 transmits a swap page 400 asking whether to join the wireless Internet.

When the user of the subscriber station 100 selects the confirmation icon 410 on the swap page 400, the subscriber station 100 transmits a message to the subscriber management device 500 to agree to the subscription. (S360).

The subscriber management apparatus 500 that has received the message of agreeing to the subscription approves the subscription to the wireless Internet using the subscriber ID and the device ID detected by the detection module 334-1 of the transmission device 330 and manages the swap subscriber. The subscriber ID and the device ID are transmitted to the module 570 (S370).

An example of registration information basically required when subscribing to the wireless Internet includes a user ID, a password, terminal information, and personal information such as resident registration, address, and real name. However, only the subscriber ID and the device ID are inputted to the registration information through the above-described method, and the subscriber is registered by filling the remaining information with temporary data in the subscriber management apparatus 500.

As described above in detail, according to the method and apparatus for subscribing to the wireless Internet with the mobile terminal of the present invention,

Although the present invention has been described in detail with reference to preferred embodiments, the present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiments, and the technical field to which the present invention belongs without departing from the gist of the present invention as claimed in the following claims. Anyone skilled in the art will have the technical idea of the present invention to the extent that various modifications or changes are possible.

Claims (6)

A) detecting a subscriber ID of a terminal connected to a wireless Internet network; B) performing authentication on the subscriber ID; C) when the authentication result, the subscriber having a legitimate authority, but not registered in the wireless Internet, transmitting a message to the terminal of the subscriber asking whether to join the wireless Internet; D) A method for subscribing to a mobile terminal in a wireless Internet, characterized in that the subscriber is automatically subscribed to the wireless Internet when a message is received from the terminal of the subscriber. The method of claim 1, wherein the party subscriber, And a subscriber to at least one of a wireless communication network and a wired internet designated by an operator of the wireless communication network. The method of claim 2, wherein in step D) The subscription data, except for the subscriber ID and the device ID of the subscriber terminal, of the data required for the wireless internet subscription is filled with predetermined temporary data. The method of claim 3, wherein the method is E) a method for subscribing to the wireless internet with a mobile terminal, characterized in that the subscriber terminal is connected to the wireless internet if the subscriber is a subscriber having legitimate authority and registered in the wireless internet as a result of performing the authentication. . A sensing module for detecting a subscriber ID and a device ID of a terminal connected to a wireless Internet network; An authentication module for determining whether a party is a party based on a subscriber ID detected by the detection module, and inquiring about a registered service when the party is a party; And And a subscriber management device for retrieving the registered service of the subscriber according to the inquiry message and automatically registering with the wireless internet by receiving the wireless internet registration request of the terminal. Apparatus for subscribing to the wireless Internet as a mobile terminal. The method of claim 5, wherein the subscriber management apparatus The subscription data, except for the subscriber ID and the device ID of the subscriber terminal, of the data required for the wireless internet subscription is filled with predetermined temporary data.

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