KR20080024436A - Method for connecting communication network on based platform - Google Patents

Abstract

A platform-based communication access method is provided to present a platform-based wireless LAN service, which can be inexpensively used like a private wireless LAN and which can be freely used like a public wireless LAN without any special registration procedure, for one or more wireless ATs(Access Terminals) located within a hot spot. A wireless AT having a short range wireless communication unit accesses a hot spot providing system and uses a wireless LAN service through a wireless AP(Access Point)(1700). The wireless AT periodically confirms whether a radio link with the wireless AP is disconnected. If the disconnection of the radio link is confirmed(1705), the wireless AT closes platform-based wireless LAN communication(1710). In this case, the wireless AT closes one or more terminal programs and eliminates a dynamically allocated IP address. If the wireless AT is connected to a wideband communication network, the wireless AT activates a wideband communication function(1715).

Description

Method for Connecting Communication Network on Based Platform

1 is a diagram illustrating a configuration of a conventional WLAN system.

2 is a diagram illustrating a conventional public WLAN system configuration.

3 is a diagram illustrating an information registration system for a platform-based WLAN service according to an embodiment of the present invention.

4 is a diagram illustrating an information registration process for a platform-based WLAN service according to an embodiment of the present invention.

5 is a diagram illustrating a platform-based WLAN system configuration according to an embodiment of the present invention.

6 is a diagram illustrating a configuration of a platform operating system according to an embodiment of the present invention.

7 is a diagram illustrating a configuration of a wireless terminal function for platform-based WLAN communication according to an embodiment of the present invention.

8 is a diagram illustrating a configuration of a wireless terminal function for platform-based WLAN communication according to another embodiment of the present invention.

9 is a diagram illustrating a functional configuration of a wireless LAN communication unit according to an embodiment of the present invention.

10A and 10B illustrate a platform-based WLAN access process according to an embodiment of the present invention.

11A and 11B illustrate a platform-based WLAN access process according to another exemplary embodiment of the present invention.

12 illustrates a wireless terminal function configuration corresponding to a platform-based WLAN network access according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 13 is a diagram illustrating a configuration of a wireless terminal function corresponding to a platform-based WLAN network access according to another embodiment of the present invention.

14 is a diagram illustrating a platform-based WLAN service process according to an embodiment of the present invention.

15 is a diagram illustrating the configuration of a wireless terminal function for providing a web browsing service through a platform-based wireless LAN according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 16 is a diagram illustrating the configuration of a wireless terminal function for providing a web browsing service through a platform-based WLAN according to another exemplary embodiment of the present invention.

17 is a diagram illustrating a platform-based WLAN release process according to an embodiment of the present invention.

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600: authentication processing unit 605: interface unit

610: program provider 615: service register

620: location check unit 625: service provider

630: information storage unit 635: information extraction unit

640: billing processing unit

The present invention provides a method for verifying a wireless link disconnection with at least one wireless access point (AP) provided in an affiliated store by a predetermined wireless terminal having a predetermined short range wireless communication means, and when the wireless link disconnection is confirmed, the wireless terminal The method relates to a platform-based communication network access method comprising the step of terminating at least one or more terminal programs corresponding to a communication platform and erasing the dynamically allocated IP.

Recently, as wireless communication service for ISM (Industrial, Scientific and Medical) band is approved, wireless internet service using IEEE 802.11x based wireless LAN is enabled.

The WLAN may be classified into a purchased WLAN that provides a wireless Internet service for a specific wireless terminal such as an office, and a public WLAN that provides a wireless Internet service for an unspecified wireless terminal such as an airport, a school, or a hotel. .

Here, the wireless LAN in the premises is to replace the wireless section through the wireless LAN card and the wireless AP to connect the wired section connecting the UTP (Unshielded Twisted Pair) cable between the LAN card and the hub provided in the conventional computer, the MAC of the LAN card ( Media Access Control) address is registered in advance in the wireless AP, and a method of allowing a wireless terminal having the registered MAC address to access the wireless AP.

On the other hand, the public WLAN which allows an unspecified number of wireless terminals to access MAC authentication and / or Extensible Authentication Protocol (EAP) authentication (eg, EAP) through a predetermined RADIUS protocol by a predetermined network operator (or network operating entity). EAP-MD5 based on ID / PW, and / or EAP-TLS based on public key) and dynamic IP allocation through MIP (Mobile Internet Protocol) to manage the unspecified number of wireless terminals accessing the wireless AP. Use the way.

In other words, the public WLAN requires the MAC authentication and / or EAP authentication and a predetermined network operator (or network operating entity) for the dynamic IP allocation.

However, unlike the conventional mobile communication network, the public WLAN is not easy to charge, and thus the public WLAN network operator (or network operator) is passive in establishing a hot spot for the WLAN service. As a result, the public WLAN is not activated as compared to the local WLAN.

1 is a diagram illustrating a configuration of a conventional WLAN system.

Referring to FIG. 1, the premises WLAN system may include at least one WLAN terminal (eg, an AT), a wireless access point (AP), a hub connected to the wireless AP by wire, and It includes a router (Router), the WLAN terminal is connected to a predetermined IP network or the at least one additional service through the router.

That is, the WLAN system replaces the wired communication means via the UTP cable connecting the terminal and the hub including the notebook and / or computer with the wireless communication means through the wireless AP.

2 is a diagram illustrating a conventional public WLAN system configuration.

Referring to FIG. 2, the public WLAN system includes an APM 205 managing at least one WLAN terminal (eg, an AT), a wireless access point, and at least one wireless AP. (Access Point Manager) and the operator network 200, characterized in that the operator network 200 is a home agent (HA) for the mobility of the IP for the terminal, and the user authentication and billing It further comprises an AAA (Authentication, Authorization and Accounting) server, a network management server (Network Management System) and the FA (Foreign Agent) to work with the external wireless network.

Referring to FIG. 2 according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention, the WLAN system further includes a Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP) server and DNS for allocating and registering a MIP to a terminal accessing the WLAN. It will be possible to add at least one or more components further depending on the intention and / or type of additional service.

Those skilled in the art to which the present invention pertains, since they will be familiar with the detailed technical specifications for the WLAN system, a detailed description thereof will be omitted for convenience.

In the public WLAN as described above, the WLAN terminal connects to a predetermined IP network or receives at least one additional service through the operator network 200 provided in the public WLAN provider.

An object of the present invention for solving the above problems, a predetermined wireless terminal having a predetermined short-range wireless communication means confirms the radio link disconnection with at least one wireless AP (Access Point) provided in the affiliated store, the wireless link When the disconnection is confirmed, the wireless terminal terminates at least one or more terminal programs corresponding to the communication platform, and provides a platform-based communication network access method for deleting the dynamically allocated IP.

A platform-based communication network access method according to the present invention comprises the steps of: detecting at least one or more wireless access points (AP) provided in a merchant at a predetermined wireless terminal having a predetermined short range wireless communication means; Requesting network access from the wireless terminal to the wireless AP through the short range wireless communication means when the wireless AP is detected; Establishing a wireless link for the wireless terminal in the wireless AP and requesting a MAC (Media Access Control) authentication for the wireless terminal to a predetermined service management server; Performing MAC authentication on the wireless terminal by the service management server and providing the MAC authentication result to the wireless AP; The MAC confirms the MAC authentication result in the wireless AP. If the MAC authentication succeeds, the MAC establishes a communication session with the wireless terminal. If the MAC authentication fails, the MAC checks the wireless terminal. Initiating a redirection operation; Providing and mounting a communication platform including at least one terminal program for accessing a communication network to the wireless terminal through the communication session or redirection at the service management server; And accessing the communication network through a communication platform provided by driving (or executing) the at least one terminal program in the wireless terminal.

According to the present invention, the step of accessing the communication network through a communication platform provided by driving (or executing) the at least one terminal program in the wireless terminal may include EAP (Extensible Authentication Protocol) authentication and / or dynamic IP allocation. Characterized in that it comprises a.

According to the present invention, the step of accessing the communication network through a communication platform provided by driving (or executing) the at least one terminal program in the wireless terminal includes a mobile communication network or a wired internet in the wireless terminal. When the predetermined wide area communication function is provided, it is characterized by further comprising the step of deactivating the wide area communication function provided in the wireless terminal.

According to the present invention, the wireless AP, when the network connection to the wireless terminal is allowed, characterized in that for connecting the wireless terminal to at least one or more IP network through a predetermined xDSL device.

In addition, according to the present invention, the wireless AP, the wireless LAN communication provided in the wireless terminal through any one of the short-range wireless communication means of the Wi-Fi (WiFi), Bluetooth (Bluetooth), or UWB (Ultra Wide Band) Configure a wireless link with the device.

In addition, according to the present invention, the wireless AP, a merchant, a discount store, a department store, a large store, a hotel, a playground, an entertainment facility, an amusement park, an APT, a condo, an officetel, a golf course, a general store including at least one or more Characterized in that it is provided.

On the other hand, platform-based communication network access method according to the present invention, a predetermined wireless terminal having a predetermined short-range wireless communication means comprising the steps of confirming the radio link disconnection with at least one wireless AP (Access Point) provided in the affiliated store; And when the radio link disconnection is confirmed, terminating at least one or more terminal programs corresponding to the communication platform in the radio terminal and erasing the dynamically allocated IP.

According to the present invention, the step of terminating at least one or more terminal programs corresponding to the communication platform in the wireless terminal, and erasing the dynamically allocated IP, may include a predetermined wide area communication function including a mobile communication network or a wired Internet in the wireless terminal. If it is provided, characterized in that it further comprises the step of activating the wide area communication function provided in the wireless terminal.

Herein, the wireless AP connects a wireless link with a wireless LAN communication device provided in the wireless terminal through a short range wireless communication means of any one of the Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, or Ultra Wide Band (UWB). It is characterized by the configuration.

Here, the wireless AP, the store, discount stores, department stores, large stores, hotels, playgrounds, nightlife, amusement park, APT, condominium, officetel, golf course, general building, etc. are provided in the affiliated store including at least one or more. do.

Hereinafter, with reference to the accompanying drawings and description will be described in detail the operating principle of the preferred embodiment of the present invention. However, the drawings and the following description shown below are for the preferred method among various methods for effectively explaining the features of the present invention, the present invention is not limited only to the drawings and description below. In addition, in the following description of the present invention, if it is determined that a detailed description of a related known function or configuration may unnecessarily obscure the subject matter of the present invention, the detailed description thereof will be omitted. Terms to be described later are terms defined in consideration of functions in the present invention, which may vary according to intentions or customs of users or operators. Therefore, the definition should be made based on the contents throughout the present invention.

In addition, preferred embodiments of the present invention to be carried out below are provided in each system functional configuration to efficiently describe the technical components constituting the present invention, or system functions that are commonly provided in the technical field to which the present invention belongs. The configuration will be omitted, and described mainly on the functional configuration to be additionally provided for the present invention. If those skilled in the art to which the present invention pertains, it will be able to easily understand the function of the components that are conventionally used among the omitted functional configuration not shown below, and also the configuration omitted as described above The relationship between the elements and the components added for the present invention will also be clearly understood.

In addition, the following examples will be used to appropriately modify the terms so that those skilled in the art to clearly understand the technical features of the present invention to effectively understand, but the present invention It is by no means limited.

As a result, the technical spirit of the present invention is determined by the claims, and the following examples are one means for efficiently explaining the technical spirit of the present invention to those skilled in the art to which the present invention pertains. It is only.

3 is a diagram illustrating an information registration system for a platform-based WLAN service according to an embodiment of the present invention.

In more detail, FIG. 3 shows at least one wireless AP at a predetermined affiliated store, and then the affiliated store terminal 335 accesses a platform-based WLAN system through a predetermined network unit to provide a platform-based WLAN service. When the information and the wireless AP information is provided, the system configuration for storing the provided affiliated information and wireless AP information in association with the DBMS provided in the service support server 330 on the platform-based wireless LAN system, the present invention Those skilled in the art will be able to infer various implementation methods for configuring an information registration system for the platform-based WLAN service by referring to and / or modifying the drawing 3, but the present invention infers the above. It includes all implementation methods, and is not limited to the implementation method shown in FIG.

Hereinafter, at least one means for storing merchant information and wireless AP information provided from the affiliated store terminal 335 in the DBMS provided in the service support server 330 on the information registration system shown in FIG. 3 and / or The component corresponding to the functional configuration is called "information registration server 300" for convenience.

Referring to FIG. 3 according to an embodiment of the present invention, an information registration system for a platform-based WLAN service according to the present invention includes at least one affiliated store terminal 335 connected to a predetermined network means and the affiliated store terminal ( 335 is connected to the DBMS provided in the service support server 330 for storing and processing the affiliated store information and the wireless AP information and the affiliated store terminal 335 through a predetermined network means, through the network means And an information registration server 300 configured to receive the affiliated store information and the wireless AP information transmitted and process the stored information in association with the DBMS provided in the service support server 330.

The affiliated store terminal 335 is a wired network based on Transmission Control Protocol / Internet Protocol (TCP / IP) (eg, Asymmetric Digital Subscriber Line (ADSL) / Very High-data Rate Digital Subscriber Line (VDSL) and / or cable communication network). At least one wired terminal including a desktop computer and / or a laptop connected to the information registration server 300 through a communication system, and / or connected to a code division multiple access (CDMA) based mobile communication network. At least one wireless terminal comprising at least one mobile communication terminal and / or a portable internet terminal connected to an IEEE 802.16 based high speed wireless internet, and / or a wireless data communication terminal connected to a DataTAC / Mobitex based wireless data communication network Characterized in that it comprises above, the merchant terminal 335 is provided by the information registration server 300 A function configuration (for example, a browser program and a communication function) for outputting one or more interface screens and inputting and / or selecting at least one or more information through the interface screen and transmitting the selected information to the information registration server 300 is provided. It is preferable that it is done.

Those skilled in the art to which the present invention pertains can easily infer the characteristics of the merchant terminal 335 corresponding to at least one or more wired terminals and / or wireless terminals, and thus, the detailed description thereof Omit for convenience.

When the affiliated store terminal 335 is a wired terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention, the network means includes the TCP / IP-based wired network, and when the affiliated store terminal 335 is a wireless terminal, The network means preferably comprises at least one of the CDMA based mobile communication network, and / or IEEE 802.16 based high speed wireless Internet, and / or DataTAC / Mobitex based wireless data communication network.

The DBMS provided in the service support server 330 provided on the platform-based WLAN system according to the present invention is characterized in that the affiliated store information and wireless AP information transmitted from the affiliated store terminal 335 is stored in a cooperative process. Preferably, the affiliated store information includes the affiliated store location information.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, the information registration server 300 communicates with the affiliated store terminal 335 through the network unit in order to provide a web interface corresponding to the affiliated store terminal 335 and the network unit. And an interface unit 305 for connecting and managing channels, whereby the information registration server 300 is connected to the affiliated store terminal 335 via a wired network and / or a wireless network. It has the function of the server 100.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, when the affiliated store terminal 335 is a wired terminal to which a communication channel is connected through a TCP / IP based wired network, the interface unit 305 may connect the affiliated store terminal 335 with HTTP ( An interface screen and / or information providing screen in the form of a Hyper-Text Markup Language (HTML) compatible document is connected to the affiliated store terminal 335 through the communication channel based on a Hyper-Text Transfer Protocol protocol. It is preferable to perform the function of transmitting and outputting and receiving and processing predetermined affiliate store information and wireless AP information input (or selected) through the interface screen from the affiliate store terminal 335.

According to another exemplary embodiment of the present invention, when the affiliated store terminal 335 is a wireless terminal to which a communication channel is connected through a CDMA-based wireless network, the interface unit 305 is connected to the affiliated store terminal 335 and a WAP (Wireless). An interface in the form of a WML (Wireless Markup Language) and / or HTML compatible document is connected to a predetermined communication channel based on an application protocol and / or a mobile explorer (ME) protocol to the affiliated store terminal 335 through the communication channel. It is preferable to perform a function of transmitting and outputting a screen and / or an information providing screen and receiving and processing predetermined affiliate store information and wireless AP information corresponding to the interface screen from the affiliate store terminal 335.

According to another exemplary embodiment of the present invention, when the affiliated store terminal 335 is a wireless terminal to which a communication channel is connected through an IEEE 802.16 based wireless network, the interface unit 305 is connected to the affiliated store terminal 335. A predetermined communication channel is connected based on a wireless protocol corresponding to the IEEE 802.16 standard, a predetermined interface screen and / or an information providing screen is transmitted to the affiliated store terminal 335 through the communication channel, and outputted. It is preferable to perform a function of receiving and processing predetermined merchant information and wireless AP information corresponding to the interface screen from 335, and / or the merchant terminal 335 communicates through a DataTAC / Mobitex based wireless network. When the channel is connected to the wireless terminal, the interface unit 305 is no merchant corresponding to the merchant terminal 335 and the DataTAC / Mobitex standard Connect a predetermined communication channel based on a line protocol, transmit and output a predetermined interface screen and / or information providing screen to the affiliated store terminal 335 through the communication channel, and output the interface from the affiliated store terminal 335. It is preferable to perform a function of receiving and processing predetermined affiliate store information and wireless AP information corresponding to a screen.

Referring to FIG. 3, the information registration server 300 cooperates with the interface unit 305 when a predetermined merchant terminal 335 accesses the information registration server 300 through the interface unit 305. An interface provider 310 for generating (or extracting) a predetermined interface screen for inputting (or selecting) predetermined merchant information and wireless AP information from the affiliated store terminal 335, and the interface unit ( An information receiving unit 315 for receiving the affiliate store information and the wireless AP information which are input (or selected) and transmitted from the affiliated store terminal 335 through the interface screen in association with 305; and the received affiliated store information and the wireless AP information. It characterized in that it comprises an information providing unit 320 for processing by storing in conjunction with the DBMS provided in the service support server 330.

The interface providing unit 310 has a functional configuration (eg, affiliated store) provided in the affiliated store terminal 335 when a predetermined affiliated store terminal 335 is connected to the information registration server 300 through the interface unit 305. Corresponding to the browser program included in the terminal 335, a predetermined interface screen for inputting (or selecting) predetermined merchant information and wireless AP information to be transmitted to the information registration server 300 through the network means is generated. Or, and / or extract from a predetermined database (not shown) and provide the generated (or extracted) interface screen to the affiliated store terminal 335 through the network means in association with the interface unit 305. It features.

Thereafter, the affiliated store terminal 335 inputs (or selects) predetermined affiliate store information and wireless AP information based on the interface screen, and inputs the input (or selected) affiliate store information and wireless AP information through the network means. It transmits to the information registration server 300.

The information receiver 315 interoperates with the interface unit 305 when the affiliate store terminal 335 inputs (or selects) predetermined merchant information and wireless AP information through the interface screen and transmits the information through the network means. And receiving the affiliated store information and the wireless AP information, and the received affiliated store information and the wireless AP information are provided to the information providing unit 320.

The information providing unit 320 provides the affiliated store information and the wireless AP information received through the information receiving unit 315 to a service support server 330 provided in a platform operating system on the platform-based hotspot providing system. The service support server 330 may process the affiliated store information and the wireless AP information in association with each other and store them in a predetermined DBMS. The affiliated store information and the wireless AP information may be stored in a wireless LAN service through a hotspot providing system provided at the affiliated store. It is used to confirm the location information for at least one or more wireless terminals provided with.

4 is a diagram illustrating an information registration process for a platform-based WLAN service according to an embodiment of the present invention.

In more detail, FIG. 4 illustrates that affiliated store terminal 335 on the information registration system illustrated in FIG. 3 provides affiliate store information and wireless AP information for platform-based WLAN service to the information registration server 300 through a predetermined network means. When transmitting, the information registration server 300 is a process for linking the merchant information and wireless AP information to the process of storing in the DBMS provided in the service support server 330, the present invention Those skilled in the art will be able to infer various implementation methods for the information registration process for the platform-based WLAN service by referring to and / or modifying the drawing 4, but the present invention includes all the implementation methods inferred above. However, the present invention is not limited to the implementation method shown in FIG.

Hereinafter, in FIG. 4, the information registration server 300 on the information registration system shown in FIG. 3 is referred to as a " server " for convenience, and the merchant terminal 335 on the information registration system shown in FIG. 3 is referred to as a " terminal " It is called.

Referring to FIG. 3, the terminal on the information registration system shown in FIG. 3 accesses the server through the network means and connects a communication channel for platform-based WLAN service (y00).

According to an embodiment of the present invention, the communication channel connection process may further include at least one or more steps of logging in to the server from the terminal, and / or joining the server to the server. In the process, the customer information corresponding to the terminal is extracted (or obtained).

When the communication channel for the platform-based WLAN service is connected between the terminal and the server as described above, the terminal requests the interface screen for the platform-based WLAN service to the server through the communication channel (y05). Correspondingly, the server generates (or extracts) an interface screen including a user interface for inputting (or selecting) the affiliate store information and the wireless AP information (y10) and generates (or extracts) the interface screen. Is transmitted to the terminal through the communication channel (y15).

Thereafter, the terminal processes the affiliated store information and the wireless AP information to be input (or selected) through the user interface for inputting (or selecting) the affiliated store information and the wireless AP information on the interface screen (y20).

If the registration information is input (or selected) in the terminal (y25), the terminal transmits the affiliate store information and the wireless AP information to the server through the communication channel (y30), and the server correspondingly The received affiliated store information and the wireless AP information are provided to the service support server 330 (y35), and the service support server 330 stores the affiliated store information and the wireless AP information in a predetermined DBMS (y40).

5 is a diagram illustrating a platform-based WLAN system configuration according to an embodiment of the present invention.

In more detail, Figure 5 shows at least one affiliate store (eg, a store, a discount store, a department store, a large store, a hotel, a playground, an entertainment facility, an amusement park, an APT, a condo, an officetel, without a network operator (or a network operator)). As a system configuration for providing a wireless LAN service to a golf course, a general building, and the like, specifically, at least one affiliated store (eg, a store, a discount store, a department store, a large store, a hotel, a playground, an entertainment facility, an amusement park, an APT, a condo) , At least one hot spot system comprising at least one wireless access point (AP) in an officetel, golf course, general building, etc., and the hot spot (or affiliated store) through a wireless AP provided in the hot spot system. A predetermined platform (Pla) for providing a predetermined wireless LAN service without a network operator (or network operating entity) to at least one or more wireless terminals located in the network. It shows a platform-based wireless LAN system configuration including a platform operating system for providing and operating tform).

Those skilled in the art to which the present invention pertains are made to provide a predetermined WLAN service based on a platform without a predetermined network operator (or network operating entity) by referring to and / or modifying the drawing 5. Various implementation methods for the configuration of the platform-based WLAN system may be inferred, but the present invention includes all implementation methods inferred and is not limited to the implementation method illustrated in FIG.

Referring to FIG. 5 according to an embodiment of the present invention, the platform-based WLAN system includes at least one or more wireless terminals equipped with a WLAN communication function and at least one or more wireless APs in at least one affiliated store. One or more hotspot providing systems and a wireless AP on at least one or more hotspot providing systems are connected through a predetermined communication network, and predetermined wireless LAN services are provided to provide at least one wireless terminal located in the hotspots through the wireless AP. It provides a platform and characterized by comprising a platform operating system for operating the same.

That is, the platform-based WLAN system according to the present invention is characterized in that it comprises a configuration of a federated system of at least one hotspot providing system and a predetermined platform operating system.

According to the exemplary embodiment of the present invention, the wireless AP provided on the hotspot providing system is preferably connected to a platform operating system affiliated with the affiliated store through a predetermined communication network.

For example, the hotspot providing system is preferably implemented in a payment merchant equipped with a predetermined payment terminal (eg, a credit authorization terminal (CAT)), and the platform operating system includes a value added network (VAN) for the payment affiliated store. It is desirable to be provided in the bansa that provides the service. At this time, the payment terminal and the bansa server provided in the payment merchant is already connected through a predetermined xDSL device. That is, the payment merchant can easily implement a hotspot providing system by connecting the wireless AP according to the present invention to the xDSL device connecting the payment terminal and the bansa server, the bansa and the xDSL device provided in the payment merchant The platform operating system can be easily implemented by connecting a server (or device) for platform operation according to the present invention to a predetermined gateway to be connected.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, the hotspot providing system is a merchant, including at least one shop, discount store, department store, large store, hotel, playground, nightlife, amusement park, APT, condo, officetel, golf course, general building, etc. The merchant owner is implemented by having a predetermined wireless AP, characterized in that to provide a wireless LAN-based web browsing service by accessing an IP network similar to the local wireless LAN targeting at least one or more wireless terminals located in the merchant It is preferable.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, the platform operating system provides a platform for accessing a wireless LAN by at least one wireless terminal located in the hotspot providing system in connection with at least one hotspot providing system through a predetermined communication network. The mobile terminal located in the hotspot providing system receives a program for accessing a public wireless LAN method from the platform operating system, and accesses an IP network through the hotspot providing system through the program. Access to the wireless LAN-based web browsing service is provided.

In addition, the platform operating system includes a predetermined Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) gateway, so that at least one or more wireless terminals located in at least one hotspot providing system in connection with a predetermined VoIP network may be specialized for VoIP-based voice call service. It is desirable to provide a WLAN service.

In addition, the platform operating system is based on the VASP (510) to at least one or more wireless terminals located in the at least one hotspot providing system in connection with at least one or more VASP (510) through a router (Router) It is desirable to provide a specialized wireless LAN service such as a paid content providing service.

The wireless terminal includes a predetermined wireless LAN module in a wireless communication terminal (for example, a mobile communication terminal pre-subscribed to a Code Division Multiple Access (CDMA) based mobile communication network) pre-subscribed to a predetermined wide area wireless communication network, And / or a predetermined wireless LAN module is provided in a portable terminal (eg, a laptop equipped with a predetermined LAN card for a wired Internet connection) having a connection function with a predetermined wide area wired communication network, and / or a wired / wireless communication network. A predetermined wireless LAN module is provided in a portable terminal having no connection function (for example, a PDA (Personal Digital Assistant) or PMP (Portable Multimedia Player) without at least one wired / wireless communication network connection function).

According to an embodiment of the present invention, it is preferable that the wireless LAN module is provided with at least one external communication function and / or external device link function provided in the wireless terminal.

For example, when the wireless terminal is a mobile communication terminal that is already subscribed to a CDMA-based mobile communication network, the mobile communication terminal is provided with a predetermined serial port for communication connection with an external device, wherein the wireless LAN module is provided through the serial port. It is preferable that the mobile communication terminal is provided.

Alternatively, when the wireless terminal is a laptop having a wired Internet access function, the laptop is provided with at least one PCMCIA port, the wireless LAN module is preferably provided in the laptop via the PCMCIA. In addition, the notebook is provided with at least one USB port, the wireless LAN module is preferably provided in the notebook through the USB port.

Or, if the wireless terminal is a PDA / PMP without a wired or wireless communication function, the PDA / PMP is provided with a predetermined communication port for linking with a predetermined computer, the wireless LAN module is the PDA / through the communication port It is preferable to be provided in PMP.

Here, the WLAN terminal is characterized in that to form a wireless section based on the IEEE 802.11x (and / or IEEE 802.1x) and the WLAN AP provided on the hotspot providing system, sold or rented at the merchant It is preferable.

In addition, the wireless terminal has a function of connecting to a predetermined wide area wireless communication network and a dual communication mode (or multiple communication modes) equipped with (or built in) an IEEE 802.11x (and / or IEEE 802.1x) based wireless LAN access function. Characterized in that it comprises a wireless communication terminal.

For example, the wireless terminal includes a dual communication mode (or multiple communication mode) mobile communication terminal having a function of accessing a CDMA based mobile communication network and a function of accessing an IEEE 802.11x (and / or IEEE 802.1x) based wireless LAN. It is preferable to comprise.

The wireless terminal may include a wireless AP provided on the hotspot providing system and a wireless LAN dedicated wireless communication terminal having an IEEE 802.11x (and / or IEEE 802.1x) based wireless LAN access function. .

For example, when the hotspot providing system is provided at a predetermined payment affiliate, the wireless terminal has an IEEE 802.11x (and / or IEEE 802.1x) based WLAN access function with a wireless AP provided on the hotspot providing system. It is preferable to include a wireless LAN dedicated payment terminal.

It is provided in the merchant including at least one or more (eg, shops, discount stores, department stores, large stores, hotels, playgrounds, nightlife, amusement parks, APTs, condos, officetels, golf courses, general buildings, etc.) provided on the hotspot providing system. The wireless AP includes a public WLAN AP function that complies with the IEEE 802.11x (and / or IEEE 802.1x) standard.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, the wireless AP is based on the IEEE 802.11x (and / or IEEE 802.1x) standard wireless terminal in the hotspot and at least one or more wireless communication means of WiFi and / or Bluetooth and / or UWB It is desirable to achieve a wireless section based on.

According to another embodiment of the present invention, the wireless AP is based on the IEEE 802.11x (and / or IEEE 802.1x) standard and the wireless terminal in the hot spot and other wireless communication other than the WiFi and / or Bluetooth and / or UWB The wireless section may be made based on the means, and the present invention is not limited thereto.

Those skilled in the art to which the present invention pertains include technical features of the public wireless LAN communication technology that complies with the IEEE 802.11x (and / or IEEE 802.1x) standard, the WiFi for the short-range wireless communication, and the like. Since you will be familiar with the technical features of Bluetooth and / or UWB, a detailed description thereof will be omitted for convenience.

The wireless AP may be communicatively connected to a platform operating system through a predetermined communication network, whereby the wireless AP accesses a predetermined IP network with at least one wireless terminal located in the hot spot in association with the platform operating system. Provides a platform for

According to an embodiment of the present invention, the wireless AP provided in the hotspot providing system is a predetermined xDSL device (eg, Asymmetric Digital Subscriber Line (ADSL) modem, Very High Data Rate Digital Subscriber Line (VDSL) modem, cable). It is preferably linked to a predetermined communication network (for example, a communication network providing high-speed Internet service through the xDSL device) through a modem, etc., and is communicatively connected to the platform operating system through the communication network.

According to another exemplary embodiment of the present invention, the wireless AP provided in the hotspot providing system may be implemented as an integrated unit in which a predetermined xDSL device is embedded, and in this case, the wireless AP may use a predetermined communication network through the xDSL function. For example, it may be linked to a communication network providing a high speed internet service through the xDSL function, and may be communicatively connected to the platform operating system through the communication network.

According to another exemplary embodiment of the present invention, when the affiliated store provided with the hotspot providing system is provided with at least one local server and / or a terminal device (for example, a payment terminal) and / or a computer, the wireless AP is connected to the local. Preferably, the server and / or terminal device (eg, payment terminal) and / or computer are connected to each other, whereby at least one or more wireless terminals provided on the hotspot providing system are also connected to the local server and / or the wireless AP. Alternatively, the terminal device (eg, payment terminal) and / or computer can be connected to the communication.

The platform operating system includes at least one gateway connected to a wireless AP provided on at least one hotspot providing system through a predetermined communication network, and the wireless terminal connected to a predetermined WLAN through at least one hotspot providing system. Service management server 500 for managing to receive the above-described wireless LAN service, and a service support server 330 for supporting the service management server 500 to provide at least one WLAN service to the wireless terminal, Characterized in that made.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, the service management server 500 is implemented as one server having at least two service management functions according to the present invention, or performs at least two service management functions according to the present invention. It is possible to all be implemented as at least two or more servers interconnected, in Figure 5 is shown as one server for convenience.

In addition, the service support server 330 is implemented as one server supporting the service management server 500, or at least two mutually linked to perform at least two or more service support functions corresponding to each service support function. It is possible to implement all of the above server, it is shown in Figure 5 as one server for convenience.

The service management server 500 may include a terminal platform provided in the wireless terminal in association with a wireless AP on the hotspot providing system when a predetermined wireless terminal requests a network connection through at least one hotspot providing system, and the terminal platform. Check at least one or more terminal program information for accessing the wireless LAN through a wireless AP on the hot spot providing system, and if the wireless terminal is not provided with at least one or more terminal program for accessing the wireless LAN, It characterized in that it comprises a function for identifying at least one or more terminal programs to be provided to the wireless terminal.

When the wireless terminal has a predetermined wireless LAN module according to an embodiment of the present invention, when the wireless LAN module provided in the wireless terminal requests a network connection through a wireless AP on the hotspot providing system, the service management server 500 requests the terminal platform information provided in the wireless terminal to the wireless LAN module provided in the wireless terminal, and in response thereto, the wireless LAN module transmits the terminal platform information of the wireless terminal and the terminal platform. Check the terminal program information to determine whether at least one program for accessing the wireless LAN is provided through the wireless AP on the hotspot providing system, and the determined terminal platform information and the terminal program information through the wireless AP. It is preferable to transmit to the management server 500.

For example, when the wireless terminal is a mobile communication terminal having a predetermined wireless LAN module (for example, a mobile communication terminal subscribed to a CDMA-based mobile communication network), the wireless LAN module provided in the mobile communication terminal may be a mobile communication terminal. A terminal including at least one model information of the mobile communication terminal, an electronic serial number (ESN) number, an operating system, a virtual machine (VM) information, a wireless internet platform for interoperability (WIPI) version, etc. with reference to system information stored in a memory; Confirming platform information and confirming at least one terminal program information for accessing the wireless LAN through the wireless AP on the hotspot providing system to the terminal platform; It is preferable to transmit to the service management server 500 through the AP.

Thereafter, the service management server 500 receiving the terminal platform information and the terminal program information may access the wireless LAN through the wireless AP on the hotspot providing system to the terminal platform provided in the mobile communication terminal through the terminal program information. Check whether at least one terminal program is provided, and if the mobile communication terminal does not include at least one terminal program for accessing the WLAN through the wireless AP, the service management server 500 It is preferable to check at least one terminal program that can be mounted on the mobile communication terminal by referring to the terminal platform information.

Alternatively, when the wireless terminal is a laptop having a predetermined wireless LAN module, the wireless LAN module provided in the wireless terminal includes an operating system provided in the laptop by referring to system information stored in a memory of the laptop. Confirming the information, and also confirming at least one terminal program information for accessing the wireless LAN through the wireless AP on the hotspot providing system to the terminal platform; It is preferable to transmit to the service management server 500 through.

Thereafter, the service management server 500 receiving the terminal platform information and the terminal program information may access the wireless LAN through the wireless AP on the hotspot providing system to the terminal platform provided in the notebook through the terminal program information. Check whether one or more terminal programs are provided, and if the laptop does not have at least one terminal program for accessing the WLAN through the wireless AP, the service management server 500 provides the terminal platform information. It is preferable to check at least one or more terminal programs that can be mounted in the notebook with reference to.

According to another embodiment of the present invention, when the wireless terminal includes (or embeds) a predetermined wireless LAN communication unit, a wireless LAN communication unit provided in the wireless terminal requests a network connection through a wireless AP on the hotspot providing system. The service management server 500 requests the terminal platform information provided in the wireless terminal to the wireless LAN communication unit provided in the wireless terminal. In response thereto, the wireless communication unit communicates with the terminal platform information of the wireless terminal. Checking the terminal program information to confirm whether the terminal platform is provided with at least one program for accessing the WLAN through a wireless AP on the hotspot providing system, and the terminal terminal information and the terminal program information It is preferable to transmit to the service management server 500 through a wireless AP.

For example, when the wireless terminal is a mobile communication terminal having a predetermined wireless LAN communication unit (for example, a mobile communication terminal subscribed to a CDMA-based mobile communication network), the wireless LAN communication unit provided in the wireless terminal is a memory of the mobile communication terminal. A terminal platform including at least one model information of the mobile communication terminal, an electronic serial number (ESN) number, an operating system, a virtual machine (VM) information, a wireless internet platform for interoperability (WIPI) version, etc. with reference to the system information stored in the system information; Confirming the information, and also confirming at least one terminal program information for accessing the wireless LAN through the wireless AP on the hotspot providing system to the terminal platform; It is preferable to transmit to the service management server 500 through.

Thereafter, the service management server 500 receiving the terminal platform information and the terminal program information may access the wireless LAN through the wireless AP on the hotspot providing system to the terminal platform provided in the mobile communication terminal through the terminal program information. Check whether at least one terminal program is provided, and if the mobile communication terminal does not include at least one terminal program for accessing the WLAN through the wireless AP, the service management server 500 It is preferable to check at least one terminal program that can be mounted on the mobile communication terminal by referring to the terminal platform information.

Alternatively, when the wireless terminal is a laptop having a predetermined wireless LAN communication unit, the wireless LAN communication unit provided in the wireless terminal includes a terminal platform including an operating system provided in the laptop with reference to system information stored in the memory of the laptop Confirming the information, and also confirming at least one terminal program information for accessing the wireless LAN through the wireless AP on the hotspot providing system to the terminal platform; It is preferable to transmit to the service management server 500 through.

Thereafter, the service management server 500 receiving the terminal platform information and the terminal program information may access the wireless LAN through the wireless AP on the hotspot providing system to the terminal platform provided in the notebook through the terminal program information. Check whether one or more terminal programs are provided, and if the laptop does not have at least one terminal program for accessing the WLAN through the wireless AP, the service management server 500 provides the terminal platform information. It is preferable to check at least one or more terminal programs that can be mounted in the notebook with reference to.

When the service management server 500 does not have at least one terminal program for accessing the WLAN in a predetermined wireless terminal, the service management server 500 operates at least effectively in a terminal platform provided in the wireless terminal through the hotspot providing system. It characterized in that it comprises a function to download one or more terminal programs to the wireless terminal.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, the terminal program downloaded and mounted by the service management server 500 to the wireless terminal through the hotspot providing system may include at least one network access authentication program (eg, EAP (Extensible Authentication Protocol)). Authentication program), and / or a browser program, and / or a voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) based voice call program.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, when the wireless terminal includes a predetermined WLAN module, the service management server 500 is operable in the terminal platform with the WLAN module through a wireless AP on the hotspot providing system. At least one terminal program is downloaded, and in response, the WLAN module preferably records the terminal program on a recording medium provided in the wireless terminal.

For example, when the wireless terminal is a mobile communication terminal (eg, a mobile communication terminal subscribed to a CDMA-based mobile communication network) having a predetermined wireless LAN module, the service management server 500 may select a wireless AP on the hotspot providing system. Downloading at least one terminal program operable in the mobile communication terminal to a wireless LAN module provided in the mobile communication terminal, and correspondingly, the wireless LAN module to the recording medium provided to the mobile communication terminal It is desirable to record.

Alternatively, when the wireless terminal is a laptop having a predetermined wireless LAN module, the service management server 500 is at least operable in the laptop with a wireless LAN module provided in the laptop through a wireless AP on the hotspot providing system At least one terminal program is downloaded, and in response, the WLAN module preferably records the terminal program on a recording medium provided in the notebook computer.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, when the wireless terminal includes (or embeds) a predetermined wireless LAN communication unit, the service management server 500 transmits the terminal to the wireless LAN communication unit through a wireless AP on the hotspot providing system. At least one terminal program operable by the platform is downloaded, and correspondingly, the wireless LAN communication unit preferably records the terminal program on a recording medium provided in the wireless terminal.

For example, when the wireless terminal is a mobile communication terminal (eg, a mobile communication terminal subscribed to a CDMA-based mobile communication network) having a predetermined wireless LAN communication unit, the service management server 500 selects a wireless AP on the hotspot providing system. Download at least one terminal program operable in the mobile communication terminal to the wireless LAN communication unit provided in the mobile communication terminal, and correspondingly, the wireless LAN communication unit to the recording medium provided in the mobile communication terminal It is desirable to record.

Alternatively, when the wireless terminal is a laptop having a predetermined wireless LAN communication unit, the service management server 500 is at least operable in the laptop with a wireless LAN communication unit provided in the laptop through a wireless AP on the hotspot providing system At least one terminal program is downloaded, and correspondingly, the wireless LAN communication unit records the terminal program on a recording medium provided in the notebook.

The service management server 500 may include at least a predetermined wireless terminal requesting access to a network through at least one or more hotspot providing systems, and / or accessing the wireless terminal through the wireless AP on the hotspot providing system. When it is confirmed that one or more terminal programs are provided, the network access authentication procedure for the wireless terminal is performed. The network access authentication procedure includes MAC (Media Access Control) authentication and / or EAP authentication. It is preferable to make.

When the wireless terminal has a predetermined wireless LAN module according to an embodiment of the present invention, when the wireless LAN module provided in the wireless terminal requests a network connection through a wireless AP on the hotspot providing system, the service management server 500 preferably performs a MAC authentication procedure for the MAC layer provided in the WLAN module through the wireless AP on the hotspot providing system.

According to another embodiment of the present invention, when the wireless terminal includes (or embeds) a predetermined wireless LAN communication unit, a wireless LAN communication unit provided in the wireless terminal requests a network connection through a wireless AP on the hotspot providing system. The service management server 500 preferably performs a MAC authentication procedure for a MAC layer provided in the WLAN communication unit through a wireless AP on the hotspot providing system.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, if the wireless terminal is provided with at least one or more terminal programs for accessing the wireless LAN through a wireless AP on the hotspot providing system, and / or the service is confirmed, the service The management server 500 preferably performs an EAP authentication procedure for the wireless terminal in association with an EAP authentication program among at least one or more terminal programs provided in the wireless terminal through the wireless AP on the hotspot providing system.

According to the exemplary embodiment of the present invention, when the EAP-MD5 based authentication program is included in the terminal program provided in the wireless terminal, the service management server 500 is connected to the authentication program based on the ID / PW EAP. It is preferable to perform an authentication procedure, in order to perform the EAP-MD5 authentication procedure, the service management server 500 may further perform a registration procedure through the authentication program, whereby the present invention is not limited thereto. .

According to another exemplary embodiment of the present invention, when the terminal program provided in the wireless terminal includes an EAP-TLS based authentication program and a predetermined public key function, the service management server 500 is linked with the authentication program. It is preferable to perform a public key based EAP authentication procedure, and to perform the EAP-TLS authentication procedure, the service management server 500 may further perform a process of providing a predetermined authorized certificate to the wireless terminal. The present invention is not limited thereby.

According to the embodiment of the present invention, the service management server 500 performs both the MAC authentication procedure and the EAP authentication procedure, or performs only one authentication procedure of the MAC authentication procedure and the EAP authentication procedure, or the The MAC authentication procedure and the EAP authentication procedure may be omitted, and the present invention is not limited thereto.

The service management server 500, if a predetermined wireless terminal requests a network connection through at least one or more hotspot providing systems, and the network connection to the wireless terminal is authenticated, the wireless terminal requests, and / or the wireless Characterized in that it comprises a service registration and management function for at least one WLAN service provided to the terminal.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, a wireless LAN service requested by the wireless terminal through at least one hotspot providing system may include a web browsing service for at least one web server 100 provided in a predetermined IP network, and / Or at least one VoIP-based voice call service through a predetermined VoIP network and / or at least one paid content providing service through at least one VASP 510 (Vertical Application Service Provider). The server 500 preferably registers and manages the wireless terminal to receive at least one of the wireless LAN services through the hotspot providing system.

When the service provided by the wireless terminal is a web browsing service according to an embodiment of the present invention, the wireless terminal is directly connected to a predetermined IP network through an xDSL device provided on the hotspot providing system as in a conventional premises WLAN. Access to the web browsing service is provided through a predetermined web server (100).

According to another exemplary embodiment of the present invention, when the service provided by the wireless terminal is a VoIP based voice call service, the wireless terminal is provided with a predetermined VoIP gateway and the platform provided on the platform operating system through the hotspot providing system. A wired telephone connected to at least one call terminal (e.g., a Public Switched Telephone Network (PSTN), a mobile telephone connected to a CDMA-based mobile communication network) through a gatekeeper provided in a VoIP network connected to an operation system, And / or a VOIP terminal connected to another VoIP network) and a voice call service.

According to another exemplary embodiment of the present invention, when the service provided by the wireless terminal is a paid content providing service through at least one or more VASPs 510, the wireless terminal is provided on the platform operating system through the hot spot providing system. The paid content is provided through a predetermined router provided in the router.

The service support server 330 is a service management in which the service management server 500 accesses a predetermined WLAN and / or provides at least one WLAN service to at least one wireless terminal through at least one hotspot providing system. It is characterized by supporting the function.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, the service support server 330 may determine terminal platform identification information for at least one or more wireless terminals requesting a network connection to the service management server 500 through at least one hot spot providing system. It is desirable to store and manage the DBMS (Database Management System).

In this case, a predetermined wireless terminal requests a network connection through at least one hotspot providing system, so that the service management server 500 receives predetermined terminal platform information and terminal program information from the wireless terminal, and then the service. When the management server 500 checks the terminal platform, the service support server 330 preferably provides the terminal platform identification information for reading the terminal platform information from the service management server 500.

In addition, the service support server 330 is at least one terminal platform operable in a terminal platform provided in at least one or more wireless terminals requesting a network connection to the service management server 500 through at least one hot spot providing system. It is desirable to store and manage the terminal program in a predetermined DBMS.

In this case, a predetermined wireless terminal requests network access through at least one hotspot providing system, so that the service management server 500 receives predetermined terminal platform information and terminal program information from the wireless terminal to provide the terminal platform. After checking, when the service management server 500 provides at least one terminal program to the terminal platform, the service support server 330 is operable by at least one or more terminal platforms operable in the terminal platform provided in the wireless terminal. It is desirable to provide a terminal program.

In addition, the service support server 330 in the predetermined wireless terminal using the predetermined terminal program provided through the service management server 500 through the at least one or more hotspot providing system, the service through the wireless terminal It is preferable to store and manage predetermined subscriber information provided to the management server 500 in a predetermined DBMS.

Thereafter, the subscriber information stored and managed by the service support server 330 is extracted from the DBMS when the network access authentication of the wireless terminal is performed by the service management server 500 through an EAP-MD5-based authentication procedure. It is preferably provided to the management server 500.

In addition, the service support server 330 preferably processes the affiliate store information for the hotspot providing system having at least one wireless AP and the wireless AP information in a predetermined DBMS.

Here, the affiliated store information preferably includes affiliated store location information including an affiliated store address provided with the hot spot providing system.

In this case, the service support server 330 receives the wireless AP information identified from the hotspot providing system in order to identify the location of the specific wireless terminal connected to the WLAN through the specific hotspot providing system in the service management server 500. In the case of providing, the service support server 330 checks affiliated store information stored in association with the wireless AP information from the DBMS, and processes the affiliated store location information included in the affiliated store information as the wireless terminal location information. It is preferable to provide to the service management server 500.

In addition, the service support server 330 is a predetermined service corresponding to the registered service information, when a service for a specific wireless terminal connected through the at least one hotspot providing system from the service management server 500 is registered It is desirable to generate logo information, store it in a predetermined DBMS, and manage it.

Here, the service logo information may include at least one terminal program usage information and program usage time information driven by the wireless terminal to use the service, in addition to the service information used by the wireless terminal.

Thereafter, the service logo information stored and managed by the service support server 330 is extracted from the DBMS when the service management server 500 checks the WLAN service used by a specific wireless terminal. 500).

In particular, the terminal program usage information and program usage time information included in the service logo information may be used for billing and settlement according to the usage of the terminal program, and issuing a billing bill.

6 is a diagram showing the configuration of a platform operating system according to an embodiment of the present invention.

In more detail, FIG. 6 is a platform-based wireless LAN system shown in FIG. 5, which is connected to a wireless AP on at least one hotspot providing system through a predetermined communication network, and at least one or more located within the hotspot via the wireless AP. Provided a predetermined platform for providing a wireless LAN service to a wireless terminal and illustrates the configuration of a platform operating system for operating the same, if one of ordinary skill in the art to which the present invention pertains, see FIG. Or it may be modified to infer various implementation methods for the configuration of the platform operating system, the present invention includes all the implementation methods inferred, it is not limited to the implementation method shown in FIG.

For example, in FIG. 6, the service management server 500 and the service support server 330 constituting the platform operating system are illustrated as being implemented as one server. However, those skilled in the art to which the present invention pertains have a general knowledge. 6, it may be inferred that the service management server 500 and the service support server 330 are implemented with at least two servers corresponding to each functional component by referring to and / or modifying the present invention. As described above, the present invention includes all implementation methods inferred based on the present drawing 6 as described above.

Referring to Figure 6 according to an embodiment of the present invention, the platform operating system is characterized by comprising a gateway for communicating with a wireless AP provided on at least one hotspot providing system through a predetermined communication network, The gateway communicates with the service management server 500 and / or the service support server 330 provided on the platform operating system through an internal network.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, the gateway is preferably connected to a wireless AP provided on at least one hotspot providing system through a predetermined communication network in the form of a virtual private network (VPN), whereby the wireless AP Is a point-to-point communication channel using the xDSL device and the network connection device on the communication network as at least one node when requesting a network connection from at least one wireless terminal provided in the hotspot. It is preferable to connect.

According to another exemplary embodiment of the present invention, it is preferable that the gateway performs a proxy server function for a wireless AP provided on at least one hotspot providing system through a predetermined communication network. When the AP requests network access from at least one wireless terminal provided in the hotspot, the AP preferentially connects the communication channel with the gateway using the xDSL device and the network connection device on the communication network as at least one node. desirable.

Referring to FIG. 6, the service support server 330 included in the platform operating system may include at least one or more services for supporting the service management server 500 to provide at least one WLAN service to the wireless terminal. A DBMS for storing information, an information storage unit 630 for storing at least one or more information in the DBMS in association with the service management server 500 (or a separate information registration server 300), and the DBMS from the DBMS. An information extraction unit 635 which extracts at least one or more information requested from a service management server 500 and provides the service management server 500 to the wireless terminal through the service management server 500. It is characterized in that it comprises a charging processing unit 640 for processing the charge corresponding to the LAN service.

The DBMS stores and manages terminal platform identification information for at least one wireless terminal requesting a network connection to the service management server 500 through at least one hotspot providing system.

After the predetermined wireless terminal requests network access through at least one hotspot providing system, the service management server 500 receives predetermined terminal platform information and terminal program information from the wireless terminal, and then the service management server ( When the terminal platform is confirmed by 500, the information extraction unit 635 may extract the terminal platform identification information from the DBMS and provide the terminal platform identification information to the service management server 500.

In addition, when the DBMS is a member through at least one hotspot providing system using a predetermined terminal program provided through the service management server 500 in a predetermined wireless terminal, the service management server 500 through the wireless terminal. It is desirable to store and manage certain subscriber information provided by.

Subsequently, the subscriber information stored and managed in the DBMS is extracted from the DBMS at the time of network access authentication of the wireless terminal through an EAP-MD5 based authentication procedure in the service management server 500 and the service management server 500. It is preferable to provide.

The DBMS may include at least one terminal program operable at a terminal platform provided in at least one wireless terminal requesting a network connection to the service management server 500 through at least one hotspot providing system. In connection with the storage and management.

After the predetermined wireless terminal requests network access through at least one hotspot providing system, the service management server 500 receives the predetermined terminal platform information and terminal program information from the wireless terminal to check the terminal platform. When the service management server 500 provides at least one terminal program to the terminal platform, the information extracting unit 635 receives at least one terminal program operable at the terminal platform provided in the wireless terminal from the DBMS. It is preferable to extract and provide the service management server 500.

In addition, the DBMS is characterized by storing the affiliated store information and the wireless AP information for the hotspot providing system having at least one or more wireless APs.

Here, the affiliated store information preferably includes affiliated store location information including an affiliated store address provided with the hot spot providing system.

The service management server 500 provides the wireless AP information identified from the hotspot providing system to the service support server 330 to identify a location of a specific wireless terminal connected to a wireless LAN through a specific hotspot providing system. In this case, the information extraction unit 635 extracts affiliated store information stored in association with the wireless AP information from the DBMS, and processes the affiliated store location information included in the affiliated store information as the wireless terminal location information to manage the service. It is desirable to provide to the server 500.

In addition, when the service registration information and network access information for a specific wireless terminal connected through the at least one hotspot providing system in the service management server 500 is registered, the DBMS is predetermined corresponding to the registered service registration information. It is desirable to store and manage the service logo information and wireless terminal information of the connection.

Here, the service logo information is requested by the wireless terminal, and / or predetermined wireless LAN service information (or service code) provided to the wireless terminal, and at least one driven by the wireless terminal for the wireless LAN service. It is preferable that the terminal program use information and the program use time information for the terminal program are included.

In particular, the terminal program usage information and the program usage time information included in the service logo information may be used for billing, settlement, and billing invoice according to the use of the terminal program.

The charging processing unit 640 may be configured to provide at least one or more terminal programs provided to the wireless terminal by the program providing unit 610 and / or terminal program usage information and program usage time information included in service logo information stored in the DBMS. Charges a fee to be paid by the wireless terminal, and generates predetermined billing processing information for distributing and settlement the charged cost to the platform operating system and at least one hotspot providing system according to a predetermined ratio, The billing processing information and the wireless terminal information (or subscriber information) is processed in conjunction with the DBMS characterized in that it is stored.

The billing processing unit 640 charges the cost to be paid by the wireless terminal, a predetermined billing processing to distribute and settle the billed costs to the platform operating system and at least one hot spot providing system according to a predetermined ratio A preferred embodiment for generating information is expressed as a formula below.

According to the present invention, the wireless terminal receives a wireless LAN service through the hotspot providing system, except for some specialized wireless LAN services (eg, VoIP service, and / or VASP 510 based pay service). The hotspot providing system only provides a wireless AP for the wireless terminal, and there is no interconnection with a server on the hotspot providing system for the WLAN service.

Of course, the hotspot providing system may be provided with a separate server system for predetermined customer management and other hotspot providing service (for example, a point providing service to a customer) according to the intention of a person skilled in the art, but provided in the hotspot providing system The server system does not directly affect the WLAN service, and the present invention is not limited by at least one or more server systems provided on the hotspot providing system.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, when the wireless terminal is already subscribed to a predetermined wide area network, the wireless terminal saves a part of the communication cost to be paid to the wide area network through a wireless LAN service through the hotspot providing system. can do.

In this case, the cost that the subscriber pays to the platform operating system for the wireless LAN service through the wireless terminal is called 'c0', and the cost that the subscriber pays for the hotspot providing system is 'r0'. The expenditure 'u' of the subscriber for the WLAN service is represented by the following equation.

u = c0 + r0

Here, 'c0' is a fee charged by providing at least one or more terminal programs to the wireless terminal in the platform operating system and / or using the terminal program in the wireless terminal.

In addition, 'r0' is a fee that the wireless terminal is required to pay to the hotspot providing system by receiving at least one WLAN service through the hotspot providing system.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, the platform operating system includes a platform (eg, at least one or more terminals) in which at least one or more wireless terminals entering the hot spot providing system can provide at least one WLAN service through the hot spot providing system. Program), the hotspot providing system may pay a portion of 'r0' to the platform operating system.

At this time, if the ratio of the platform operating system paid by the hotspot providing system of 'r0' is 'a', the revenue 'r1' of the platform operating system is expressed by the following equation.

r1 = c0 + a * r0

As a result, the revenue 'r2' of the hotspot providing system is represented by the following equation.

r2 = (1-a) r0

At this time, if the hotspot providing system provides a wireless LAN service for the wireless terminal for free, it may be displayed as 'r0 = 0'.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, when the wireless terminal is already subscribed to a predetermined wide area network, the 'c0' is provided at a relatively low cost or free (for example, 'c0 = 0') compared to the wide area communication cost. Can be.

Since the wireless terminal is joined to a predetermined wide area network, the cost 'R' that the subscriber must pay to the wide area network is expressed by the following equation.

R = a0 + R0

Here, 'a0' is a cost that the subscriber must pay at a fixed cost per month by the wide area network, and 'R0' is a fee that the subscriber must pay to the wide area network according to the communication time and / or communication amount. It is a cost.

At this time, if the subscriber is provided with a predetermined platform through the platform operating system and used for 'M0' months, the subscriber will not be paid by a certain ratio 'b0' among the variable costs to be paid to the wide area network. The total cost 'v', which is not paid to the wide area network for the 'M0' months, is represented by the following equation.

v = M0 * b0 * R0

According to an embodiment of the present invention, when the subscriber invests a predetermined cost 'T0' for the WLAN service (for example, purchasing a wireless terminal having a WLAN function, or purchasing a WLAN module), the investment cost ' The period 'm0' in which T0 'is offset by the cost paid to the wide area network is represented by the following equation.

m0 = T0 / (b0 * R0)

Therefore, the saving amount 'S' for the 'M0' months of the wireless terminal is represented by the following equation.

S = M0 * b0 * R0 m0 * b0 * R0 = b0 * R0 * (M0-m0)

Here, if defined as 'd0 = m0 / M0', the saving amount 'S' for the 'M0' months of the wireless terminal is expressed by the following equation.

S = M0 * R0 * b0 * (1-d0)

At this time, if 'b0 * (1-d0)' of the above formula is 'b' for convenience, the saving cost 'B' after joining the cost before joining the platform operating system for 'M0' months is expressed by the following formula. do.

B = (S-M0 * v) / M0 * R

= (M0 * b * R0-M0 (c0 + r0)) / (M0 * (a0 + R0))

= (b * R0- (c0 + r0)) / (a0 + R0)

Here, if 'y0 = r0 / R0' and 't0 = c0 / a0', 'B' is expressed by the following equation.

B = ((R0 / a0) * (b-y0) -t0) / (1+ (R0 / a0))

At this time, since the condition for realizing the cost reduction should be 'b> 0', the following conditions must be satisfied.

b * R0> c0 + r0

c0 <R0 * (b0 * (1-d0) -y0)

That is, the cost 'c0' that the subscriber pays to the platform operating system is preferably set in consideration of the variable cost 'R0' for the wide area network before the subscriber joins the platform operating system.

Therefore, the 'r0' is preferably set in a range satisfying the following conditions.

b> y0 and b0 * (1-d0)> y0

In addition, the 'c0' is preferably set in a range satisfying the following conditions.

t0 <(R0 / a0) * (b0 * (1-d0) -y0)

At this time, the total cost 'U' paid by the subscriber for 'M0' months is represented by the following formula.

U = M0 * R + M0 * u-S

= M0 * (a0 + R0) + M0 * (c0 + r0) + M0b * R0

= M0 * a0 * [(1+ (c0 / a0)) + (R0 / a0) * ((r0 / R0) + 1-b)]

= M0 * a0 * [(1 + t0) + (R0 / a0) * (1- (b-y0))]

Referring to the above equation, the greater the variable cost paid by the subscriber to the wide area network compared to the fixed cost, the greater the cost saving effect.

At this time, the ratio 'b1' allocated to the subscriber among the costs that the subscriber does not have to pay to the wide area network is expressed by the following equation.

b1 = (v-M0 * u) / (M0 * b0 * R0)

   = (M0 * b0 * R0-M0 (c0 + r0)) / (M0 * b0 * R0)

   = (b * R0- (c0 + r0)) / (b0 * R0)

   = 1 (1 / (b0 * r0)) * (c0 + r0)

   = 1-(1 / b0) * ((a0 / R0) * (c0 / a0) + (r0 / R0))

   = 1-(1 / b0) * ((y0 / (R0 / a0)) + t0)

   = 1-(1 / b0) * (t0- (y0 / (R0 / a0)))

Herein, in order to be 'b1> 0', the following equation must be satisfied.

b0> (c0 + r0) / R0

In addition, 'r1 = c0 + a * r0' is represented by the following equation.

r1 = c0 + a * r0

   = y0 * a0 + a * t0 * R0

   = a0 (y0 + a * t0 * (R0 / a0))

Accordingly, the ratio 'b2' allocated to the platform operating system among the costs that the subscriber does not have to pay to the wide area network is expressed by the following equation.

b2 = r1 / (b0 * R0)

   = (y0 * a0-a * t0 * r0) / (b0 * R0)

   = (y0 + a * t0 * (R0 / a0)) / (b0- (R0 / a0))

In addition, the ratio 'b3' allocated to the hotspot providing system among the costs that the subscriber does not have to pay to the wide area network is represented by the following equation.

b3 = r2 / (b0 * R0)

   = ((1-a) * r0) / (b0 * R0)

   = ((1-a) / b0) * t0

Finally, the total revenue 'R1' of the platform operating system for the total subscriber 'N' for the platform operating system is represented by the following equation.

R1 = N * r1 = N * a0 * (y0 + a * t0 * (R0 / a0))

According to the exemplary embodiment of the present invention, the billing processing unit 640 preferably processes the billing processing information generated in correspondence with the formula and the radio terminal information (or subscriber information) in the DBMS.

Referring to FIG. 6, the service management server 500 included in the platform operating system may include a wireless terminal on the hotspot providing system through the gateway when a predetermined wireless terminal requests a network connection through at least one or more hotspot providing systems. An interface unit 605 for allocating and managing a communication session for processing a network connection with the wireless terminal in connection with an AP, and the wireless terminal accesses the wireless LAN through a wireless AP on a hotspot providing system and at least one wireless LAN. A program providing unit 610 for providing at least one terminal program for receiving a service to the wireless terminal, and at least one or more for network connection of the wireless terminal in connection with a wireless AP on the hotspot providing system through the gateway; An authentication processing unit 600 for performing an authentication procedure and the wireless terminal requests Or, and / or a service registration unit 615 for registering and managing a service for at least one WLAN service provided to the wireless terminal.

The interface unit 605 is a UIMM (User Interaction Management Module) that performs a network access procedure in connection with the wireless terminal when a predetermined wireless terminal requests a network connection through at least one hotspot providing system. When requesting a network connection through the predetermined hotspot providing system, at least one terminal for accessing the wireless LAN through the wireless platform on the hotspot providing system to the terminal platform for the wireless terminal and the terminal platform of the wireless terminal. It is characterized by checking whether a program is provided.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, when the wireless terminal includes a predetermined wireless LAN module, the wireless LAN module provided in the wireless terminal may be configured on the wireless AP and predetermined communication network and the platform operating system on the hotspot providing system. When requesting a network connection through a gateway, the interface unit 605 may request the terminal platform information provided in the wireless terminal to the wireless LAN module provided in the wireless terminal.

In this case, the WLAN module checks the terminal platform information of the wireless terminal and at least one terminal program information provided in the terminal platform to access the wireless LAN, and the confirmed terminal platform information and terminal program information. It is preferable to transmit to the interface unit 605 through the wireless AP and a predetermined communication network and the gateway on the platform operating system.

For example, when the wireless terminal is a mobile communication terminal having a predetermined wireless LAN module (for example, a mobile communication terminal subscribed to a CDMA-based mobile communication network), the wireless LAN module provided in the mobile communication terminal may be a mobile communication terminal. A terminal including at least one model information of the mobile communication terminal, an electronic serial number (ESN) number, an operating system, a virtual machine (VM) information, a wireless internet platform for interoperability (WIPI) version, etc. with reference to system information stored in a memory; After confirming the platform information, and also after confirming at least one or more terminal program information provided in the terminal platform in order to access the wireless LAN, the identified terminal platform information and the terminal program information is predetermined with the wireless AP on the hotspot providing system To the interface unit 605 through a communication network and a gateway on the platform operating system. This is to be preferred.

Thereafter, the interface unit 605 that receives the terminal platform information and the terminal program information includes at least one terminal that can access the wireless LAN through the wireless AP to the terminal platform provided in the mobile communication terminal through the terminal program information. If the mobile communication terminal is not provided with at least one terminal program that can access the wireless LAN through the wireless AP, the interface unit 605 is the terminal platform information The program providing unit 610 is provided.

Alternatively, when the wireless terminal is a laptop having a predetermined wireless LAN module, the wireless LAN module provided in the wireless terminal includes an operating system provided in the laptop by referring to system information stored in a memory of the laptop. After confirming the information and confirming at least one or more terminal program information provided in the terminal platform to access the WLAN, the identified terminal platform information and the terminal program information is determined by the wireless AP on the hotspot providing system. It is preferable to transmit to the interface unit 605 through a communication network and a gateway on the platform operating system.

Thereafter, the interface unit 605 that receives the terminal platform information and the terminal program information includes at least one terminal program capable of accessing the wireless LAN through the wireless AP to the terminal platform provided in the notebook through the terminal program information. If the notebook is not provided with at least one terminal program for accessing the wireless LAN through the wireless AP, the interface unit 605 may provide the terminal platform information to the program provider. 610).

According to another exemplary embodiment of the present invention, when the wireless terminal includes (or embeds) a predetermined wireless LAN communication unit, the wireless LAN communication unit provided in the wireless terminal provides a predetermined communication network and the wireless AP on the hotspot providing system. When requesting a network connection through a gateway on a platform operating system, the interface unit 605 requests the terminal platform information provided in the wireless terminal from the wireless LAN communication unit provided in the wireless terminal, and correspondingly, the wireless LAN communication unit Confirms the terminal platform information of the wireless terminal and at least one terminal program information provided in the terminal platform to access the wireless LAN, and wirelessly checks the identified terminal platform information and the terminal program information on the hotspot providing system. Through the AP and a predetermined communication network and a gateway on the platform operating system It is preferable to transmit to the interface unit 605.

For example, when the wireless terminal is a mobile communication terminal (eg, a mobile communication terminal subscribed to a CDMA-based mobile communication network) having a predetermined wireless LAN communication unit, the wireless communication unit provided in the wireless terminal memory of the mobile communication terminal A terminal platform including at least one model information of the mobile communication terminal, an electronic serial number (ESN) number, an operating system, a virtual machine (VM) information, a wireless internet platform for interoperability (WIPI) version, etc. with reference to the system information stored in the system information; After confirming the information and confirming at least one or more terminal program information provided in the terminal platform to access the WLAN, the identified terminal platform information and the terminal program information is determined by the wireless AP on the hotspot providing system. Transfer to the interface unit 605 through a communication network and a gateway on the platform operating system It is preferable to send.

Thereafter, the interface unit 605 that receives the terminal platform information and the terminal program information includes at least one terminal that can access the wireless LAN through the wireless AP to the terminal platform provided in the mobile communication terminal through the terminal program information. If the mobile communication terminal is not provided with at least one terminal program that can access the wireless LAN through the wireless AP, the interface unit 605 is the terminal platform information The program providing unit 610 is provided.

Alternatively, when the wireless terminal is a laptop having a predetermined wireless LAN communication unit, the wireless LAN communication unit provided in the wireless terminal includes a terminal platform including an operating system provided in the laptop with reference to system information stored in the memory of the laptop After confirming the information and confirming at least one or more terminal program information provided in the terminal platform to access the WLAN, the identified terminal platform information and the terminal program information is determined by the wireless AP on the hotspot providing system. It is preferable to transmit to the interface unit 605 through a communication network and a gateway on the platform operating system.

Thereafter, the interface unit 605 that receives the terminal platform information and the terminal program information includes at least one terminal program capable of accessing the wireless LAN through the wireless AP to the terminal platform provided in the notebook computer through the terminal program information. If the notebook is not provided with at least one terminal program for accessing the wireless LAN through the wireless AP, the interface unit 605 may provide the terminal platform information to the program provider. 610).

In addition, the interface unit 605, if a predetermined wireless terminal requests a network connection through at least one hotspot providing system, and network authentication for the wireless terminal is normally performed by the authentication processing unit 600, a predetermined DHCP ( And a predetermined MIP (Mobile IP) to the wireless terminal in association with a Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (Server) (not shown).

Those skilled in the art to the present invention, the interface unit 605 in conjunction with a predetermined DHCP server (not shown) to familiarize with the technical features of dynamically assigning a predetermined MIP to the wireless terminal and Since there will be, a detailed description thereof will be omitted for convenience.

When the program providing unit 610 needs to mount at least one terminal program to the wireless terminal by the interface unit 605 after a predetermined wireless terminal requests a network connection through at least one hotspot providing system, A PDM (Packaged Downloading Module) for providing a wireless terminal with at least one or more terminal programs for receiving at least one wireless LAN service by accessing a wireless LAN through a wireless AP on a hotspot providing system, the service supporting server The terminal platform corresponding to the wireless terminal is identified through at least one terminal platform identification information stored and managed in a DBMS provided at 330 and terminal platform information provided from the interface unit 605, and corresponds to the wireless terminal. If the terminal platform is confirmed, the service support server 330 And receiving at least one terminal program corresponding to the identified terminal platform from the non-DBMS and providing the terminal to the terminal through the gateway and the wireless AP.

According to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention, if predetermined terminal platform information corresponding to a wireless terminal on which at least one terminal program is to be mounted is provided from the interface unit 605, the program providing unit 610 may provide the terminal platform information. Provided to the service support server 330, and correspondingly, the service support server 330 extracts at least one or more terminal platform information stored in association with the terminal platform information from the DBMS, the program providing unit 610 To provide.

Thereafter, the program providing unit 610 packages the at least one extracted terminal program and provides the extracted at least one terminal to the wireless terminal through the gateway, a predetermined communication network, and a wireless AP, thereby providing at least one recording medium included in the wireless terminal. At least one terminal program for receiving the at least one WLAN service is recorded.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, the terminal program downloaded and mounted by the program providing unit 610 to the wireless terminal through the hotspot providing system may include at least one network access authentication program (eg, EAP (Extensible Authentication Protocol)). Authentication program), and / or a browser program, and / or a voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) based voice call program.

In addition, a terminal program downloaded and mounted by the program providing unit 610 to the wireless terminal through the hotspot providing system, when the wireless terminal is subscribed to a predetermined wide area network, the wireless terminal is a platform according to the present invention. In case of accessing a wireless LAN, the wide area communication function provided in the wireless terminal is deactivated, or when the wireless terminal is disconnected from the platform-based wireless LAN according to the present invention, the wide area provided in the wireless terminal. It is preferable to further comprise a wide area communication control program for activating a communication function.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, when the wireless terminal includes a predetermined WLAN module, the program providing unit 610 may be operable in the terminal platform with the WLAN module through a wireless AP on the hotspot providing system. At least one terminal program is downloaded, and in response, the WLAN module preferably records the terminal program on a recording medium provided in the wireless terminal.

For example, when the wireless terminal is a mobile communication terminal (eg, a mobile communication terminal subscribed to a CDMA-based mobile communication network) having a predetermined wireless LAN module, the program providing unit 610 may select a wireless AP on the hotspot providing system. Downloading at least one terminal program operable in the mobile communication terminal to a wireless LAN module provided in the mobile communication terminal, and correspondingly, the wireless LAN module to the recording medium provided to the mobile communication terminal It is desirable to record.

Alternatively, when the wireless terminal is a laptop having a predetermined WLAN module, the program providing unit 610 is at least operable in the laptop by a wireless LAN module provided in the laptop through a wireless AP on the hotspot providing system. At least one terminal program is downloaded, and in response, the WLAN module preferably records the terminal program on a recording medium provided in the notebook computer.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, when the wireless terminal includes (or embeds) a predetermined WLAN communication unit, the program providing unit 610 transmits the terminal to the WLAN communication unit through a wireless AP on the hotspot providing system. At least one terminal program operable by the platform is downloaded, and correspondingly, the wireless LAN communication unit preferably records the terminal program on a recording medium provided in the wireless terminal.

For example, when the wireless terminal is a mobile communication terminal having a predetermined wireless LAN communication unit (for example, a mobile communication terminal subscribed to a CDMA-based mobile communication network), the program providing unit 610 may select a wireless AP on the hotspot providing system. Download at least one terminal program operable in the mobile communication terminal to the wireless LAN communication unit provided in the mobile communication terminal, and correspondingly, the wireless LAN communication unit to the recording medium provided in the mobile communication terminal It is desirable to record.

Alternatively, when the wireless terminal is a laptop having a predetermined wireless LAN communication unit, the program providing unit 610 is at least operable in the laptop by a wireless LAN communication unit provided in the laptop through a wireless AP on the hotspot providing system At least one terminal program is downloaded, and correspondingly, the wireless LAN communication unit records the terminal program on a recording medium provided in the notebook.

When the predetermined wireless terminal requests a network connection to the interface unit 605 through at least one hotspot providing system, the authentication processor 600 is connected to the wireless AP on the hotspot providing system through the gateway to the wireless terminal. Characterized in that for performing a network access authentication procedure, the network access authentication procedure preferably includes MAC authentication.

When the wireless terminal includes a predetermined wireless LAN module according to an embodiment of the present invention, when the wireless LAN module provided in the wireless terminal requests a network connection through a wireless AP on the hotspot providing system, the authentication processing unit ( 600 preferably performs a MAC authentication procedure for the MAC layer provided in the WLAN module through the wireless AP on the hotspot providing system.

According to another embodiment of the present invention, when the wireless terminal includes (or embeds) a predetermined wireless LAN communication unit, a wireless LAN communication unit provided in the wireless terminal requests a network connection through a wireless AP on the hotspot providing system. The authentication processor 600 may perform a MAC authentication procedure for the MAC layer provided in the WLAN communication unit through a wireless AP on the hotspot providing system.

Those skilled in the art to which the present invention pertains, since the authentication processing unit 600 will be familiar with the technical features of performing the MAC authentication procedure for the wireless terminal, a detailed description thereof will be omitted for convenience. .

In addition, the authentication processing unit 600 confirms that the interface unit 605 is provided with at least one or more terminal programs for connecting to the wireless LAN in the wireless terminal, and / or the program providing unit 610 ) Is associated with a wireless AP on the hotspot providing system through the gateway, when at least one terminal program for accessing the wireless LAN is provided to the wireless terminal, the wireless terminal on the hotspot providing system through the gateway is connected. The network access authentication procedure for the wireless terminal is characterized in that the network access authentication procedure preferably comprises EAP authentication.

According to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention, when the EAP-MD5 based authentication program is included in the terminal program provided in the wireless terminal, the authentication processing unit 600 is connected to the authentication program based on ID / PW EAP authentication. It is preferable to perform the procedure, and in order to perform the EAP-MD5 authentication procedure, the authentication processing unit 600 may further perform a registration procedure through the authentication program, whereby the present invention is not limited thereto.

According to another exemplary embodiment of the present invention, when the terminal program provided in the wireless terminal includes an EAP-TLS based authentication program and a predetermined public key function, the authentication processing unit 600 is connected to the authentication program. Preferably, the public key-based EAP authentication procedure is performed. In order to perform the EAP-TLS authentication procedure, the authentication processing unit 600 may further perform a process of providing a predetermined authorized certificate to the wireless terminal. Thereby, this invention is not limited.

Those skilled in the art to which the present invention pertains, since the authentication processing unit 600 will be familiar with the technical features of performing the EAP authentication procedure for the wireless terminal, a detailed description thereof will be omitted for convenience. .

According to the exemplary embodiment of the present invention, the authentication processing unit 600 performs both the MAC authentication procedure and the EAP authentication procedure, or performs only one authentication procedure of the MAC authentication procedure and the EAP authentication procedure, or the MAC. The authentication procedure and the EAP authentication procedure may be omitted, and the present invention is not limited thereto.

After a predetermined wireless terminal requests a network connection through at least one hotspot providing system, if the network connection to the wireless terminal is authenticated, the service registration unit 615 requests the wireless terminal, and / or the wireless terminal. Characterized in that it comprises a service registration and management function for at least one WLAN service provided.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, a wireless LAN service requested by the wireless terminal through at least one hotspot providing system may include a web browsing service for at least one web server 100 provided in a predetermined IP network, and / Or at least one VoIP-based voice call service through a predetermined VoIP network, and / or a paid content providing service through at least one or more VASP 510 (Vertical Application Service Provider).

According to an embodiment of the present invention, in order for the wireless terminal to request and / or receive at least a wireless LAN service, at least one program provided in the wireless terminal must be driven (or executed), and the wireless terminal is driven. (Or executed) the program is driven in the wireless terminal for the wireless LAN service information (or service code) corresponding to the wireless LAN service and / or the wireless LAN service to the service registration unit 615 through the hotspot providing system. Send the program information (or execution).

According to an embodiment of the present invention, if the wireless terminal requested by the wireless terminal and / or the wireless LAN service provided to the wireless terminal is a web browsing service, the wireless terminal is provided with at least one web browser. The wireless terminal may be provided with a web browsing service through a predetermined web server 100 by directly driving (or executing) the web browser and directly accessing a predetermined IP network through an xDSL device provided on the hotspot providing system. In this case, the web browser (or a web browser management program among the terminal programs provided to the wireless terminal through the program providing unit 610) is transmitted to the service registration unit 615 through the hot spot providing system. Or service code) and / or the web browser information.

In addition, when the wireless terminal requested by the wireless terminal and / or the wireless LAN service provided to the wireless terminal is a web browsing service, if the wireless terminal does not have at least one or more web browsers, the wireless terminal may include the program. The provider 610 drives (or executes) a web browser program included in at least one terminal program provided by the wireless terminal to directly connect to a predetermined IP network through an xDSL device provided on the hotspot providing system. The web browsing service may be provided through a predetermined web server 100. In this case, the web browser program may transmit the web browsing service information (or service code) to the service registration unit 615 through the hotspot providing system. Or transmit the web browser program information.

According to another exemplary embodiment of the present invention, when the wireless terminal requests and / or the wireless LAN service provided to the wireless terminal is a VoIP-based voice call service, the wireless terminal is the program providing unit ( 610 may receive (or execute) a VoIP program included in at least one or more terminal programs provided to the wireless terminal to receive the VoIP service, and in this case, the VoIP program may be provided through the hotspot providing system. The VoIP service information (or service code) and / or the VoIP program information is transmitted to 615.

According to another embodiment of the present invention, when the wireless terminal requests and / or the wireless LAN service provided to the wireless terminal receives a paid service through at least one or more VASPs 510, the wireless terminal is The VASP 510-based pay service by driving (or executing) a web browser program included in at least one or more terminal programs provided to the wireless terminal and / or a dedicated program specialized for the pay service provided by the program providing unit 610. In this case, the web browser program and / or the dedicated program is the VASP (510) based paid service information (or service code) and / or the web to the service registration unit 615 through the hot spot providing system Send browser program information and / or dedicated program information.

When the wireless LAN service information (or service code) is received from the wireless terminal according to the exemplary embodiment of the present invention, the service registration unit 615 is connected to the service support server 330 to the wireless LAN service information (or A predetermined service including program information driven (or executed) in the wireless terminal for a service code) and including the WLAN service information (or service code) and program information driven (or executed) in the wireless terminal. Create registration information.

According to another embodiment of the present invention, when the program information driven (or executed) in the wireless terminal for the wireless LAN service is received from the wireless terminal, the service registration unit 615 and the service support server 330 Check the wireless LAN service information (or service code) corresponding to the program information driven (or executed) in the wireless terminal in association with each other, and drive (or execute) the wireless LAN service information (or service code) and the wireless terminal. Generates predetermined service registration information including the programmed program information.

According to another embodiment of the present invention, if the wireless LAN service information (or service code) and program information driven (or executed) in the wireless terminal for the wireless LAN service are received from the wireless terminal, the service registration unit ( 615 generates predetermined service registration information including the WLAN service information (or service code) and program information driven (or executed) in the wireless terminal.

When predetermined service registration information including WLAN service information (or service code) and program information driven (or executed) in the wireless terminal is generated as described above, the service registration unit 615 generates the service registration information. And network connection information (eg, the wireless terminal information and the MIP information assigned to the wireless terminal) for the wireless terminal in association.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, the cooperative processing of the service registration information and the network connection information may be performed in such a way that the wireless LAN service corresponding to the service registration information is terminated and / or timeout in the wireless terminal. It is preferable to keep it until Out).

When the wireless LAN service corresponding to the service registration information is terminated and / or timed out at the wireless terminal, the service registration unit 615 initiates the wireless LAN service corresponding to the service registration information at the wireless terminal. Program usage time information including time information and time information when the WLAN service is terminated is generated, and predetermined service logo information including the registered service registration information and the generated program usage time information is generated.

Thereafter, the service registration unit 615 provides the service terminal information (or subscriber information) included in the service logo information and the network access information to the service support server 330 to store and manage the information in the DBMS.

Referring to FIG. 6, the service management server 500 included in the platform operating system checks wireless AP information connected to a predetermined wireless terminal and a wireless communication channel on a predetermined hotspot providing system, and the service supporting server. After confirming the affiliated store information associated with the wireless AP information through the DBMS provided at 330, the position determination unit for processing the position information included in the affiliated store information as the wireless terminal location information to determine the location of the wireless terminal ( It is characterized in that it further comprises a 620.

The location checking unit 620 is a location information (LIM) for confirming location information of the wireless terminal. The location identifying unit 620 may identify the location information of the wireless terminal through the wireless AP information identified through the interface unit 605 during a network connection process of the wireless terminal. Characterize the location information of the wireless terminal.

Referring to FIG. 6, the service management server 500 included in the platform operating system may include at least one or more services provided through the platform operating system among at least one or more WLAN services registered by the service registration unit 615. Further comprising a service providing unit 625 for providing a specialized wireless LAN service to the wireless terminal.

When the VoIP service is requested by the service registration unit 615 from the wireless terminal and / or the wireless LAN service provided to the wireless terminal is registered with the predetermined VoIP service, the service providing unit 625 may perform the platform operation system. It is characterized in that to provide a VoIP-based voice call service to the wireless terminal in connection with at least one VoIP gateway provided in.

In addition, when the wireless terminal service requested by the service terminal 615 by the service registration unit 615 and / or the at least one VASP 510 based pay service provided to the wireless terminal is registered, the service providing unit ( 625 may provide at least one VASP 510 based pay service to the wireless terminal in connection with at least one VASP 510 through at least one router provided in the platform operating system.

7 is a diagram illustrating a functional configuration of a wireless terminal 700 for platform-based WLAN communication according to an embodiment of the present invention.

In more detail, FIG. 7 illustrates a case in which the mobile terminal 700 shown in FIG. 5 is a mobile communication terminal connected to a CDMA (Code Division Multiple Access) based mobile communication network. As an implementation method for a functional configuration for providing a LAN communication function, specifically, the mobile communication terminal illustrates an implementation method provided with (or embedded) a functional configuration for platform-based wireless LAN communication according to the present invention.

Those skilled in the art to which the present invention pertains, with reference to this figure 7, other wireless terminal 700 for platform-based wireless LAN communication in addition to the mobile communication terminal (for example, a mobile terminal having a wired communication function, Or various implementation methods for the functional configuration of a terminal device, etc., which are not provided with a wired / wireless communication function, but the present invention includes all the implementation methods inferred above and is limited to the implementation method shown in FIG. Not.

Hereinafter, in FIG. 7, the mobile communication terminal for accessing the CDMA-based mobile communication network is referred to as "wireless terminal 700" for convenience of terminology.

In terms of hardware, the wireless terminal 700 providing a mobile communication service includes an external body, a speaker, a microphone, a keypad, a liquid crystal display (LCD), an antenna, a battery 725, and the like. For example, certain modem chips (for example, MSM series modem chips from Qualcomm, Inc.) that incorporate functions such as a code division multiple access (CDMA) modem, a CPU / MPU (Central Processing Unit / Micro Processing Unit), and a vocoder; , Various memory elements, duplexer filter that separates transmission and reception signals from one antenna, power amplifier to amplify transmission signal, high power amplifier (HPA), isolator to prevent the return of high output transmission signal , RF / IF SAW filter for removing out-of-band unwanted signals, frequency up-circuit of transmission path, frequency down-conversion circuit of receiving path, and reference clock source VCTCXO (Voltage Controlled Temperature Compensated X-tal Oscillator), UHF frequency synthesizer used as local signal of frequency up-down conversion, and codec chip for converting analog voice signal into digital signal. Is gradually integrated in the modem chip, and in addition to the core components for the mobile communication service, various functions for various multimedia services and / or additional services are integrated together.

Referring to FIG. 7, the wireless terminal 700 for platform-based WLAN communication includes a predetermined controller 705, a screen output unit 710, a sound processor 715, a key input unit 720, and a wireless processor 730. And a wireless LAN communication unit 735, an interface 740, a memory unit 745, and a battery 725 for supplying a predetermined power.

The control unit 705 includes a processor and an execution memory including a CPU / MPU provided in the modem chip in hardware, and provides a predetermined program routine for providing a function specific to the wireless terminal 700 from a predetermined memory element. (Routine) and / or a bus (BUS) for inputting and outputting the program data and a predetermined electronic circuit (or integrated circuit) provided for this, characterized in that from a predetermined memory device and / or chipset in software As a generic term for program routines and / or program data loaded into the execution memory and processed by the processor to perform a specific function, the controller 705 may thereby implement the wireless terminal 700 by various means. The functions are realized, and the overall operation of the wireless terminal 700 to realize the above functions. Characterized in that the control and management. In particular, when power is input to the wireless terminal 700 to perform a function of the controller 705 for controlling and managing the overall operation of the wireless terminal 700, an operating system routine or system stored in a predetermined memory device. Management routines and / or system variables are loaded into the execution memory and computed by the processor to serve as variables for providing an operating system, system management program, and / or mobile communication service.

The screen output unit 710 is a liquid crystal display (LCD) driver for outputting a screen and a key input unit 720 by the control unit 705 (for example, a program routine for outputting predetermined information or data to the LCD). Key data generated through the &lt; RTI ID = 0.0 &gt;), various information, signals, and / or content (e. G., Text content, image content, and / or &lt; / RTI &gt; Or multimedia content) to a predetermined screen output device (eg, an LCD panel), and the screen output unit 710 is linked with a screen output device (LCD) based on platform-based wireless LAN communication. It is preferable to perform the function of the information output unit for outputting predetermined information required in the process.

The sound processor 715 encodes a predetermined sound signal input from a microphone included in the wireless terminal 700 and provides the sound signal to the controller 705, or extracted and / or generated by the controller 705. A sound signal is decoded and output through a speaker. To this end, the sound processor 715 includes a predetermined vocoder and a codec. Performs a function of a sound input means provided in the wireless terminal 700 through the sound processing unit 715 and a microphone, or outputs a sound provided in the wireless terminal 700 through the sound processing unit 715 and a speaker. Perform the function of the means.

The key input unit 720 is provided with at least one key button including a predetermined number key and / or a character key and / or a function key. Detects information (or signal) input from the keypad and detects a predetermined key button provided in the keypad in a specific input mode and / or operation mode of the wireless terminal 700 controlled by the controller 705. When predetermined information (or signal) is inputted from the device, a key event (eg, MH_KEY_PRESSEVENT, MH_KEY_REPEATEVENT, MH_KEY_RELEASEEVENT) corresponding to the input information (or signal) is generated, and the generated key event is transmitted to the controller 705. The controller 705 reads predetermined key data corresponding to the key event in the current input mode and / or operation mode of the wireless terminal 700 (eg, each wireless terminal). Read key data from the key table storing (managing) at least one key data corresponding to a specific key event in an input mode and / or an operation mode, and / or matching the key event. And read a command to execute a defined function. The keypad including the key input unit 720 and at least one key button performs a function of key input means provided in the wireless terminal 700 by interlocking with each other.

The wireless processing unit 730 may be associated with the control unit 705 (eg, a program routine for providing a mobile communication service) for location registration and / or slot mode and / or power control. Or providing a mobile communication service including a hand-off and / or call processing procedure, the base station corresponding to an end of the mobile communication network in the process of providing the mobile communication service. And an RF processing function (eg, performing antenna control, modulating, synthesizing, amplifying and / or filtering the radio frequency signal) for performing transmission and reception of the radio frequency signal. In particular, the wireless processing unit 730 processes the information or signal transmitted from the wireless terminal 700 to the base station to provide a mobile communication service to a CDMA stack, or predetermined information from the CDMA stack received from the base station. Or it provides a function for reading the signal.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, the wireless terminal 700 connects a base station on a predetermined mobile communication network with a predetermined wireless section through the wireless processing unit 730, and connects a predetermined wired section including the base station. It is preferable to connect a predetermined communication channel with a server (or device) provided on the mobile communication network and / or a predetermined communication network that interworks with the mobile communication network.

The wireless LAN communication unit 735 includes at least one of radio frequency (RF) communication and / or Bluetooth and / or Wi-Fi and / or ultra wide band (UWB). It is characterized by connecting a predetermined wireless AP and the IEEE 802.11x-based wireless communication session through the short-range wireless communication means, and comprises a predetermined short-range wireless communication device configuration for the short-range wireless communication in hardware, Preferably, the software includes a MAC layer and a PHY layer for the IEEE 802.11x based wireless communication. A preferred embodiment of the WLAN communication unit 735 will be described in detail with reference to FIG.

The interface 740 is a serial port provided in the wireless terminal 700. The interface 740 is characterized by connecting serial communication with the wireless terminal 700 and at least one external device.

The memory unit 745 inputs and outputs when an operation by a predetermined program routine (or code) and / or program data (eg, a program routine (or code)) for controlling the overall operation of the wireless terminal 700 is performed. General term for a memory device for storing information and / or data), a read-only memory (ROM) corresponding to a read-only memory, a flash memory (FM) for reading / writing, and an electrically erasable and programmable memory (EPPROM). Read Only Memory). In general, the ROM stores system information that should not be deleted, and the flash memory stores operating system routines, call processing program routines, and / or application program routines provided through the wireless terminal 700 and information or data therefor. The EEPROM stores at least one information and / or data extracted and / or generated during the execution of an application included in the terminal registration-related parameters and a telephone number (eg, an address book) or the wireless terminal 700. Stored.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, the memory unit 745 preferably records at least one or more terminal programs downloaded through the wireless LAN communication unit 735, and the terminal program is predetermined by the wireless terminal 700. When entering the hotspot providing system of the drive, (or is executed) is preferably loaded into the controller 705.

FIG. 8 is a diagram illustrating a functional configuration of a wireless terminal 800 for platform-based wireless LAN communication according to another exemplary embodiment of the present invention.

In more detail, FIG. 8 illustrates a case in which the wireless terminal 800 shown in FIG. 5 is a mobile communication terminal connected to a CDMA (Code Division Multiple Access) based mobile communication network. As an implementation method for a functional configuration for providing a LAN communication function, specifically, the mobile communication terminal illustrates an implementation method provided with a predetermined WLAN module 840 for platform-based WLAN communication according to the present invention. .

Those skilled in the art to which the present invention pertains, with reference to Figure 8, other wireless terminal 800 for platform-based wireless LAN communication in addition to the mobile communication terminal (for example, a mobile terminal having a wired communication function, Or various implementation methods for the functional configuration of the terminal device, such as a wired or wireless communication function is not provided, but the present invention includes all the implementation methods inferred, limited to the implementation method shown in FIG. Not.

Hereinafter, in FIG. 8, a mobile communication terminal connected to the CDMA-based mobile communication network is referred to as a "wireless terminal 800" for convenience of terminology.

In terms of hardware, the wireless terminal 800 providing a mobile communication service includes an external body, a speaker, a microphone, a keypad, a liquid crystal display (LCD), an antenna, a battery 825, and the like. For example, certain modem chips (for example, MSM series modem chips from Qualcomm, Inc.) that incorporate functions such as a code division multiple access (CDMA) modem, a CPU / MPU (Central Processing Unit / Micro Processing Unit), and a vocoder; Various memory 860 elements, a duplexer filter that separates transmission and reception signals from one antenna, a power amplifier for amplifying a transmission signal, a high power amplifier (HPA), and a high output transmission signal to prevent the reverse Isolator, RF / IF SAW filter for removing out-of-band unwanted signals, frequency up-circuit in transmission path, frequency down-conversion circuit in receive path, reference clock source VCTCXO (Voltage Controlled Temperature Compensated X-tal Oscillator), UHF frequency synthesizer used as local signal of frequency up-down conversion, and codec chip for converting analog voice signal into digital signal. Elements are gradually integrated into the modem chip, and in addition to the core components for the mobile communication service, the modem chip is integrated with various functions for various multimedia services and / or additional services.

Referring to FIG. 8, the wireless terminal 800 for platform-based wireless LAN communication includes a predetermined controller 805, a screen output unit 810, a sound processor 815, a key input unit 820, and a wireless processor 830. And an interface 835, a memory unit 865, and a battery 825 for supplying a predetermined power.

The controller 805 includes a processor and an execution memory 860 including a CPU / MPU provided in the modem chip in hardware, and provides a function specific to the wireless terminal 800 from a predetermined memory 860 element. It comprises a predetermined program routine (Routine) and / or a bus (BUS) for inputting and outputting the program data and a predetermined electronic circuit (or integrated circuit) provided therefor, and predetermined software 860 A generic term for program routines and / or program data loaded from the device and / or chipset into the execution memory 860 and computed through the processor to perform specific functions. As a result, various functions to be implemented in the wireless terminal 800 are realized, and in order to realize the above functions, Characterized in that the control and manage the overall operation. In particular, when power is input to the wireless terminal 800 to perform a function of the controller 805 that controls and manages overall operations of the wireless terminal 800, an operating system stored in a predetermined memory 860 element. Routines, system management routines, and / or system variables are loaded into the execution memory 860 and computed by the processor to serve as variables for providing an operating system, system management program, and / or mobile communication service. do.

The screen output unit 810 is a liquid crystal display (LCD) driver for screen output, and is a key input unit 820 by the controller 805 (for example, a program routine for outputting predetermined information or data to the LCD). Key data generated through the &lt; RTI ID = 0.0 &gt;), various information, signals, and / or content (e. G., Text content, image content, and / or &lt; / RTI &gt; Or multimedia content) to a predetermined screen output device (eg, an LCD panel), and the screen output unit 810 is linked to a screen output device (LCD) based on platform-based wireless LAN communication. It is preferable to perform the function of the information output unit for outputting predetermined information required in the process.

The sound processor 815 encodes a predetermined sound signal input from a microphone provided in the wireless terminal 800 and provides the sound signal to the controller 805 or extracted and / or generated by the controller 805. A sound signal is decoded and output through a speaker. To this end, the sound processor 815 includes a predetermined vocoder and a codec. Performs the function of the sound input means provided in the wireless terminal 800 through the sound processor 815 and the microphone, or outputs the sound provided to the wireless terminal 800 through the sound processor 815 and the speaker Perform the function of the means.

The key input unit 820 is provided with at least one key button including a predetermined number key and / or a character key and / or a function key. Detects information (or signal) input from the keypad and detects a predetermined key button provided in the keypad in a specific input mode and / or operation mode of the wireless terminal 800 controlled by the controller 805. When the predetermined information (or signal) is input from the controller, the controller 805 generates a key event (eg, MH_KEY_PRESSEVENT, `MH_KEY_REPEATEVENT, MH_KEY_RELEASEEVENT) corresponding to the input information (or signal), and generates the generated key event. The controller 805 reads predetermined key data corresponding to the key event in the current input mode and / or operation mode of the wireless terminal 800 (eg, each wireless terminal). Read key data from the key table in a key table that stores (manages) at least one key data corresponding to a specific key event in an input mode and / or an operation mode, and / or matches the key event. And read a command to execute a defined function. The keypad including the key input unit 820 and at least one key button performs a function of key input means provided in the wireless terminal 800 by interworking with each other.

The wireless processing unit 830 may be associated with the control unit 805 (eg, a program routine for providing a mobile communication service) for location registration and / or slot mode and / or power control. Or providing a mobile communication service including a hand-off and / or call processing procedure, the base station corresponding to an end of the mobile communication network in the process of providing the mobile communication service. And an RF processing function (eg, performing antenna control, modulating, synthesizing, amplifying and / or filtering the radio frequency signal) for performing transmission and reception of the radio frequency signal. In particular, the wireless processing unit 830 processes or processes information or a signal transmitted from the wireless terminal 800 to the base station to provide the mobile communication service to a CDMA stack, or predetermined information from the CDMA stack received from the base station. Or it provides a function for reading the signal.

According to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention, the wireless terminal 800 connects a base station on a predetermined mobile communication network with a predetermined wireless section through the wireless processing unit 830, and through a predetermined wired section including the base station. It is preferable to connect a predetermined communication channel with a server (or device) provided on the mobile communication network and / or a predetermined communication network that interworks with the mobile communication network.

The interface 835 is a serial port provided in the wireless terminal 800. The interface 835 is configured to connect serial communication with the wireless terminal 800 and at least one external device. The predetermined WLAN module 840 for platform-based WLAN communication according to the present invention is preferably provided in the wireless terminal 800 through the interface 835.

The memory unit 865 is input and output when an operation by a predetermined program routine (or code) and / or program data (eg, a program routine (or code)) for controlling the overall operation of the wireless terminal 800 is performed. A general term for a memory 860 device that stores information and / or data, and includes a read only memory (ROM) corresponding to the read-only memory 860 and a flash memory 860 (Flash memory; FM) capable of reading / writing. And EEPROM (Electrically Erasable and Programmable Read Only Memory). In general, the ROM stores system information that should not be deleted, and the flash memory 860 includes operating system routines, call processing program routines, and / or application program routines provided through the wireless terminal 800 and information for the same or Data and the like are stored in the EEPROM, at least one or more information and / or data extracted and / or generated during the execution of an application included in the terminal registration related parameters and phone number (eg, address book) or the wireless terminal 800. Etc. are stored.

According to the exemplary embodiment of the present invention, the memory unit 865 preferably records at least one or more terminal programs downloaded through the WLAN module 840, and the terminal program is predetermined by the wireless terminal 800. When entering the hotspot providing system of, it is preferable that the driving (or execution) is loaded into the controller 805.

Referring to FIG. 8, the WLAN module 840 includes a module controller 845 for controlling the WLAN module 840 to provide a platform-based WLAN communication function according to the present invention, and at least one short-range wireless network. Wireless communication unit 850 for connecting a wireless AP provided on a predetermined hotspot providing system through a communication means and an IEEE 802.11x based wireless communication session, and downloading from the platform operating system through the wireless LAN communication unit 850 A memory 860 for temporarily storing at least one terminal program, and / or storing a MIP dynamically allocated from the platform operating system, and an interface for communicating with an interface 835 included in the wireless terminal 800. And 855).

The module controller 845 includes a processor including a predetermined CPU / MPU, and includes a wireless LAN communication unit 850 and / or a memory 860 and / or an interface provided in the wireless LAN module 840. In connection with 855, it is characterized in that for controlling the platform-based WLAN communication function according to the present invention.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, the module controller 845 checks whether the wireless terminal 800 (or the wireless LAN module 840) enters a predetermined hotspot providing system in association with the wireless LAN communication unit 850. In addition, when the wireless terminal 800 (or the wireless LAN module 840) enters a predetermined hot spot providing system, it is preferable to control the network connection procedure in connection with the wireless LAN communication unit 850. .

In addition, the module controller 845 receives at least one or more terminal programs through the WLAN communication unit 850 in the network access process and temporarily stores them in the memory 860, and then, via the interface 835, It is preferable to control writing to the memory unit 865 provided in the wireless terminal 800.

In addition, when the network access procedure is normally performed, the module controller 845 preferably controls to receive a predetermined MIP through the WLAN communication unit 850 and allocate the MIP to the memory 860.

Subsequently, when the wireless terminal 800 requests at least one WLAN service through the interface 835, the module controller 845 cooperates with the WLAN communication unit 850 to request the requested WLAN service. It is preferable to control transmission and reception of at least one or more IEEE 802.11x based packets.

The wireless LAN communication unit 850 includes at least one of radio frequency (RF) communication and / or Bluetooth and / or Wi-Fi and / or ultra wide band (UWB). It is characterized by connecting a predetermined wireless AP and the IEEE 802.11x-based wireless communication session through the short-range wireless communication means, and comprises a predetermined short-range wireless communication device configuration for the short-range wireless communication in hardware, Preferably, the software includes a MAC layer and a PHY layer for the IEEE 802.11x based wireless communication. A preferred embodiment of the WLAN communication unit 850 will be described in detail with reference to FIG.

9 is a diagram illustrating a functional configuration of a wireless LAN communication unit 850 according to an embodiment of the present invention.

In more detail, FIG. 9 illustrates a wireless LAN communication unit 850 provided in the wireless terminal 800 illustrated in FIG. 7, and / or a wireless LAN communication unit 850 of the wireless LAN module 840 illustrated in FIG. 8. As a configuration of the preferred function of the present invention, those skilled in the art to which the present invention pertains, for the purpose of connecting and wireless section provided on the hotspot providing system by referring to and / or modifying the present Figure 9 Various implementation methods (eg, integrated chip method) for the WLAN communication unit 850 may be inferred, but the present invention includes all the inferred implementation methods and is not limited to the implementation method shown in FIG. .

Referring to FIG. 9, the WLAN communication unit 850 includes an antenna for IEEE 802.11x based wireless communication, an RF processing unit for processing an IEEE 802.11x based radio frequency signal transmitted and received through the antenna, and the RF processing unit. An IF processor which processes the processed radio frequency signal into an intermediate frequency, and a baseband unit that converts the intermediate frequency signal processed by the IF processor into a baseband signal. It is preferable to further comprise a MAC processing unit for processing the miracle band signal as MAC data.

Referring to FIG. 9 according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention, although the MAC processing unit in the WLAN communication unit 850 is shown to process the miracle band signal processed in the baseband unit as MAC data, the MAC processing unit May be processed in software on the operating system included in the wireless terminal 800 shown in FIG. 7 and / or in the wireless LAN module 840 shown in FIG. 8. The present invention is not limited.

10A and 10B illustrate a platform-based WLAN access process according to an embodiment of the present invention.

In more detail, FIGS. 10A and 10B illustrate that a predetermined wireless terminal 800 entering a predetermined hot spot providing system is connected to a service management server 500 and a service supporting server 330 on the platform operating system shown in FIG. As an embodiment of a process for performing a platform-based WLAN access procedure according to the present invention in connection with, in particular, after performing a MAC authentication procedure, a platform operating system for accessing the WLAN to the wireless terminal 800 is performed. A method of performing at least one terminal program download and loading procedure is illustrated.

Those skilled in the art to which the present invention pertains may refer to and / or modify the drawings 10a and 10b to infer various implementation methods for the platform-based WLAN access according to the present invention. The present invention includes all the inferred implementation methods, and is not limited by the implementation method shown in FIGS. 10A and 10B.

For example, although FIGS. 10A and 10B illustrate an EAP authentication procedure corresponding to the EAP-MD5 standard among EAP authentication procedures, the present invention will be described by those skilled in the art. And it can be inferred by the method of performing the EAP authentication procedure corresponding to the EAP-TLS standard in the platform-based wireless LAN access process according to the present invention with reference to and / or 10b modified, the present invention is all inferred Including the implementation method.

10A and 10B, the wireless terminal 800 illustrated in FIGS. 7 and / or 8 periodically detects a wireless AP provided in at least one hotspot providing system, if the wireless terminal 800 When a predetermined wireless AP is detected by entering the predetermined hotspot providing system (1000), the wireless terminal 800 requests a network connection corresponding to the IEEE 802.11x standard to the detected wireless AP (1002). In response, the wireless AP establishes a wireless link corresponding to the IEEE 802.11x standard with the wireless terminal 800 (1004).

According to the exemplary embodiment of the present invention, the MAC address for the wireless terminal 800 is obtained from the wireless AP during the wireless link setup process.

Therefore, the wireless AP requests MAC authentication from the service management server 500 based on the MAC address obtained from the wireless terminal 800 (1006), and correspondingly, the service management server 500 sends the MAC. After performing a predetermined MAC authentication procedure for the address (1008), the MAC authentication result is transmitted to the wireless AP (1010).

Thereafter, the wireless AP determines whether the MAC authentication for the wireless terminal 800 is successful by reading the received MAC authentication result.

If the MAC authentication succeeds (1012), the wireless AP connects the wireless terminal 800 and the IEEE 802.11x-based communication session (1014).

On the contrary, if the MAC authentication fails (1012), the wireless AP initiates a redirection operation for the wireless terminal 800 (1016).

According to the embodiment of the present invention, the MAC authentication fails when the wireless LAN communication apparatus corresponding to the MAC address provided in the wireless terminal 800 is not manufactured by an enterprise affiliated with the platform operating system. In this case, since the MAC address is normally registered in the platform operating system during the registration process for the platform-based WLAN access according to the present invention, the wireless AP once initiates a redirection operation for the wireless terminal 800. desirable.

Of course, according to the intention of the skilled person, after the MAC authentication failure, the wireless AP may terminate the network connection to the wireless terminal 800, and the present invention is not limited thereto.

In this case, the redirection transmits a packet received from the wireless terminal 800 to the service management server without setting a predetermined communication session, and transmits a packet received from the service management server to the wireless terminal. Set to transmit to (800), thereby the platform-based WLAN access procedure according to the present invention is subsequently performed between the wireless terminal 800 and the service management server 500 even when the communication session is not set Can be.

Accordingly, the service management server 500 requests the terminal platform information and the terminal program information for the wireless terminal 800 from the wireless AP (1018), and the wireless AP receives the redirection (or a communication session). The terminal 800 requests the terminal platform information and the terminal program information through the wireless terminal 800 (1020).

Thereafter, the wireless terminal 800 checks the terminal platform information and the terminal program information for the wireless terminal 800 (1022), and transmits the checked terminal platform information and the terminal program information to the wireless AP ( In operation 1024, the wireless AP transmits terminal platform information and terminal program information to the service management server 500 by the redirection (or a communication session).

When the terminal platform information and the terminal program information are received from the wireless terminal 800, the service management server 500 reads the terminal platform information and the terminal program information to the wireless terminal 800 according to the present invention platform Check whether at least one terminal program for accessing the base WLAN is loaded.

If at least one terminal program is installed in the wireless terminal 800 (1028), the wireless terminal 800 performs a dynamic IP allocation procedure.

On the other hand, if at least one terminal program is not installed in the wireless terminal 800 (1028), the service management server 500 is the wireless terminal 800 to the service support server 330 through the terminal platform information. Requests at least one terminal program that operates effectively at 1030, and correspondingly, the service support server 330 extracts at least one terminal program that operates effectively at the wireless terminal 800 from a predetermined DBMS. In operation 1032, the extracted at least one terminal program is provided to the service management server 500 (1034).

Thereafter, the service management server 500 transmits the provided at least one terminal program to the wireless AP (1036), and by the redirection (or a communication session), the wireless AP transmits the received at least one terminal program. The mobile terminal 800 transmits to the wireless terminal 800 (1038), and the wireless terminal 800 records the received at least one terminal program on a recording medium provided in the wireless terminal 800, thereby transmitting the program to the terminal. It is mounted on the wireless terminal 800 (1040).

Thereafter, the wireless terminal 800 requests a predetermined IP from the wireless AP (1042), and by the redirection (or communication session), the wireless terminal 800 connects the service management server 500 to the predetermined IP. Request (1044).

When a predetermined IP is requested from the wireless terminal 800, the service management server 500 allocates a predetermined IP address for the wireless terminal 800 in association with a predetermined DHCP server (1046). The IP address is transmitted to the wireless AP (1048), and by the redirection (or a communication session), the wireless AP transmits the IP address to the wireless terminal 800 and assigns it to the wireless terminal 800 ( 1050).

Thereafter, a terminal program (eg, an EAP authentication program included in at least one or more terminal programs) included in the wireless terminal 800 is driven (1052), and the terminal program requests an access to the wireless AP (1054). In response to the redirection (or communication session), the wireless AP transmits an access request of the terminal program to the service management server 500 (1056), and correspondingly, the service management server 500 transmits the wireless terminal ( A predetermined service registration procedure for the terminal program driven at 800 is performed (1058).

Thereafter, the service management server 500 confirms whether to perform the EAP authentication procedure for the wireless terminal 800. If the network access is completed without performing the EAP authentication procedure (1060), the wireless AP Allow 1088 to access the network to the wireless terminal 800. At this time, when the redirection is operating in the wireless terminal 800, the wireless AP terminates the redirection by allowing the network access. The method further converts the redirection to an appeal communication session.

According to the exemplary embodiment of the present invention, when the wireless terminal 800 is connected to a predetermined wide area network, the wireless terminal 800 deactivates the wide area communication function (1090).

On the other hand, if the EAP authentication procedure is performed (1060), the service management server 500 requests (1062) predetermined EAP authentication information (e.g., EAP-MD5-based ID / PW information) from the wireless AP. (Or a communication session), the wireless AP requests predetermined EAP authentication information (eg, EAP-MD5 based ID / PW information) from the wireless terminal 800 (1064).

The wireless terminal 800, which has received predetermined EAP authentication information (eg, EAP-MD5 based ID / PW information) from the wireless AP, checks whether a member is registered before the EAP authentication.

For example, when the subscriber information corresponding to the EAP authentication information (for example, EAP-MD5 based ID / PW information) is not provided in the service support server 330 on the platform operating system, the wireless terminal 800 may have a predetermined number. Confirm that membership is required.

If membership is required before EAP authentication (1066), the wireless terminal 800 inputs predetermined subscriber information through the terminal program and transmits it to the wireless AP (1068), and the redirection (or communication session). The wireless AP transmits the subscriber information to the service management server 500 (1070), and the service management server 500 stores the received subscriber information in the DBMS of the service support server 330. (1072).

According to an embodiment of the present invention, when redirection to the wireless terminal 800 is set in the subscriber information transmission process, the wireless AP further includes a MAC address for the wireless terminal 800 in the subscriber information. It is preferable to provide to the service management server 500, whereby the MAC address of the wireless terminal 800 is registered as a valid MAC address.

On the other hand, if the membership is not required before the EAP authentication (eg, has already been registered) (1066), or if predetermined subscriber information is stored in the DBMS of the service support server 330 through a predetermined registration procedure (1072). The wireless terminal 800 inputs predetermined EAP authentication information (eg, EAP-MD5 based ID / PW information) through the terminal program and transmits the received EAP authentication information to the wireless AP (1074), and the redirection (or communication session). The wireless AP transmits the EAP authentication information (eg, EAP-MD5 based ID / PW information) to the service management server 500 (1076), and the service management server 500 transmits the service support server ( 330), after receiving predetermined subscriber information for the EAP authentication (e.g., EAP-MD5 authentication) (1078), the EAP authentication procedure (e.g., EAP-MD5 based ID / PW authentication procedure) using the subscriber information. After performing (1080), the EAP authentication decision And transmit to the wireless AP (1082).

Thereafter, the wireless AP reads the EAP authentication result and checks whether the EAP authentication succeeds in the service management server 500.

If the EAP authentication fails as a result of reading the EAP authentication result (1084), the wireless AP terminates the network connection to the wireless terminal 800 (1086).

On the other hand, if the EAP authentication succeeds (1084) as a result of reading the EAP authentication result, the wireless AP allows the network connection to the wireless terminal 800 (1088), at this time, the redirection to the wireless terminal 800 In this operation, the wireless AP further cancels the redirection operation by allowing the network access and converts the redirection to an appeal communication session.

According to the exemplary embodiment of the present invention, when the wireless terminal 800 is connected to a predetermined wide area network, the wireless terminal 800 deactivates the wide area communication function (1090).

11A and 11B illustrate a platform-based WLAN access process according to another exemplary embodiment of the present invention.

In more detail, FIGS. 11A and 11B illustrate that a predetermined wireless terminal 800 entering a predetermined hot spot providing system is connected to the service management server 500 and the service supporting server 330 on the platform operating system shown in FIG. As an embodiment of a process for performing a platform-based WLAN access procedure according to the present invention in connection with, in particular, after assigning a MAC authentication procedure and dynamic IP to the wireless terminal 800, A method of downloading and mounting at least one terminal program for the WLAN access to the terminal 800 is illustrated.

Those skilled in the art to which the present invention pertains may refer to and / or modify the drawings 11a and 11b to infer various implementation methods for accessing a platform-based WLAN according to the present invention. The present invention encompasses all the inferred implementation methods and is not limited by the implementation methods shown in FIGS. 11A and 11B.

For example, although FIGS. 11A and 11B illustrate an EAP authentication procedure corresponding to the EAP-MD5 standard among EAP authentication procedures, the present invention will be described by those skilled in the art. And it can be inferred by the method of performing the EAP authentication procedure corresponding to the EAP-TLS standard in the platform-based wireless LAN access process according to the present invention with reference to and / or 11b modified, the present invention is all inferred Including the implementation method.

11A and 11B, the wireless terminal 800 illustrated in FIGS. 7 and / or 8 periodically detects a wireless AP provided in at least one hotspot providing system, if the wireless terminal 800 When a predetermined wireless AP is detected by entering the predetermined hotspot providing system (1100), the wireless terminal 800 requests a network connection corresponding to the IEEE 802.11x standard to the detected wireless AP (1102). Correspondingly, the wireless AP establishes a wireless link corresponding to the wireless terminal 800 and the IEEE 802.11x standard (1104).

According to the exemplary embodiment of the present invention, the MAC address for the wireless terminal 800 is obtained from the wireless AP during the wireless link setup process.

Accordingly, the wireless AP requests MAC authentication from the service management server 500 based on the MAC address obtained from the wireless terminal 800 (1106), and correspondingly, the service management server 500 transmits the MAC. After performing a predetermined MAC authentication procedure for the address (1108), the MAC authentication result is transmitted to the wireless AP (1110).

Thereafter, the wireless AP determines whether the MAC authentication for the wireless terminal 800 is successful by reading the received MAC authentication result.

If the MAC authentication is successful (1112), the wireless AP connects the wireless terminal 800 and the IEEE 802.11x-based communication session (1114).

On the other hand, if the MAC authentication fails (1112), the wireless AP initiates a redirection operation for the wireless terminal (800) (1116).

According to the embodiment of the present invention, if the MAC authentication fails, the wireless LAN communication device corresponding to the MAC address provided in the wireless terminal 800 is not manufactured by an enterprise affiliated with the platform operating system. In this case, since the MAC address is normally registered in the platform operating system in the registration process for the platform-based WLAN access according to the present invention, the wireless AP is to initiate a redirection operation to the wireless terminal 800 once. desirable.

Of course, according to the intention of the skilled person, after the MAC authentication failure, the wireless AP may terminate the network connection to the wireless terminal 800, and the present invention is not limited thereto.

In this case, the redirection transmits a packet received from the wireless terminal 800 to the service management server without setting a predetermined communication session, and transmits a packet received from the service management server to the wireless terminal. Set to transmit to (800), thereby the platform-based WLAN access procedure according to the present invention is subsequently performed between the wireless terminal 800 and the service management server 500 even when the communication session is not set Can be.

Thereafter, the wireless terminal 800 requests a predetermined IP from the wireless AP (1118), and the wireless terminal 800 connects the service management server 500 to the predetermined IP by the redirection (or a communication session). Request (1120).

When a predetermined IP is requested from the wireless terminal 800, the service management server 500 allocates a predetermined IP address for the wireless terminal 800 in association with a predetermined DHCP server (1122) and the allocation. The IP address is transmitted to the wireless AP (1124), and by the redirection (or communication session), the wireless AP transmits the IP address to the wireless terminal 800 and allocates the IP address to the wireless terminal 800. 1126).

Subsequently, the service management server 500 requests the terminal platform information and the terminal program information for the wireless terminal 800 from the wireless AP (1128), and the wireless AP receives the redirection (or a communication session). In step 1130, the mobile terminal 800 requests the terminal platform information and the terminal program information.

Thereafter, the wireless terminal 800 checks the terminal platform information and the terminal program information for the wireless terminal 800 (1132), and transmits the checked terminal platform information and the terminal program information to the wireless AP (1134). In response to the redirection (or communication session), the wireless AP transmits terminal platform information and terminal program information to the service management server 500 (1136).

When the terminal platform information and the terminal program information are received from the wireless terminal 800, the service management server 500 reads the terminal platform information and the terminal program information to the wireless terminal 800 according to the present invention platform Check whether at least one terminal program for accessing the base WLAN is loaded.

If at least one terminal program is mounted in the wireless terminal 800 (1138), the wireless terminal 800 performs a procedure for driving the terminal program.

On the other hand, if at least one terminal program is not installed in the wireless terminal 800 (1138), the service management server 500 transmits the wireless terminal 800 to the service support server 330 through the terminal platform information. Requests at least one terminal program that operates effectively at 1140, and correspondingly, the service support server 330 extracts at least one terminal program that operates effectively at the wireless terminal 800 from a predetermined DBMS. In operation 1144, the extracted at least one terminal program is provided to the service management server 500 (1144).

Thereafter, the service management server 500 transmits the provided at least one terminal program to the wireless AP (1146), and the wireless AP transmits the received at least one terminal program by the redirection (or a communication session). The mobile terminal 800 transmits to the wireless terminal 800 (1148), and the wireless terminal 800 records the received at least one terminal program on a recording medium provided in the wireless terminal 800, thereby storing the terminal program. The mobile terminal 800 is mounted on the mobile terminal 800 (1150).

Thereafter, a terminal program (eg, an EAP authentication program included in at least one or more terminal programs) included in the wireless terminal 800 is driven (1152), and the terminal program requests access to the wireless AP (1154). In response to the redirection (or communication session), the wireless AP transmits an access request of the terminal program to the service management server 500 (1156), and correspondingly, the service management server 500 sends the wireless terminal ( A predetermined service registration procedure for the terminal program driven at 800 is performed (1158).

Thereafter, the service management server 500 checks whether to perform the EAP authentication procedure for the wireless terminal 800. If the network access is completed without performing the EAP authentication procedure (1160), the wireless AP Allowing network access to the wireless terminal 800 (1188). At this time, if the redirection is operating in the wireless terminal 800, the wireless AP terminates the redirection operation by allowing the network access. The method further converts the redirection to an appeal communication session.

According to the exemplary embodiment of the present invention, when the wireless terminal 800 is connected to a predetermined wide area network, the wireless terminal 800 deactivates the wide area communication function (1190).

On the other hand, if the EAP authentication procedure is performed (1160), the service management server 500 requests predetermined EAP authentication information (e.g., EAP-MD5 based ID / PW information) from the wireless AP (1162), and the redirection. (Or a communication session), the wireless AP requests predetermined EAP authentication information (eg, EAP-MD5 based ID / PW information) from the wireless terminal 800 (1164).

The wireless terminal 800, which has received predetermined EAP authentication information (eg, EAP-MD5 based ID / PW information) from the wireless AP, checks whether a member is registered before the EAP authentication.

For example, when the subscriber information corresponding to the EAP authentication information (for example, EAP-MD5 based ID / PW information) is not provided in the service support server 330 on the platform operating system, the wireless terminal 800 may have a predetermined number. Confirm that membership is required.

If membership is required before EAP authentication (1166), the wireless terminal 800 inputs predetermined subscriber information through the terminal program and transmits it to the wireless AP (1168), and the redirection (or communication session). The wireless AP transmits the subscriber information to the service management server 500 (1170), and the service management server 500 stores the received subscriber information in the DBMS of the service support server 330. (1172).

According to an embodiment of the present invention, when redirection to the wireless terminal 800 is set in the subscriber information transmission process, the wireless AP further includes a MAC address for the wireless terminal 800 in the subscriber information. It is preferable to provide to the service management server 500, whereby the MAC address of the wireless terminal 800 is registered as a valid MAC address.

On the other hand, if membership is not required before the EAP authentication (eg, has already been registered) (1166), or if predetermined subscriber information is stored in the DBMS of the service support server 330 through a predetermined registration procedure (1172). The wireless terminal 800 inputs predetermined EAP authentication information (eg, EAP-MD5 based ID / PW information) through the terminal program and transmits it to the wireless AP (1174), and the redirection (or communication session). The wireless AP transmits the EAP authentication information (eg, EAP-MD5 based ID / PW information) to the service management server 500 (1176), and the service management server 500 transmits the service support server ( After receiving the predetermined subscriber information for the EAP authentication (e.g., EAP-MD5 authentication) from 330 (1178), the EAP authentication procedure (e.g., EAP-MD5-based ID / PW authentication procedure) using the subscriber information. After performing (1180), the EAP authentication decision And transmits a to the wireless AP (1182).

Thereafter, the wireless AP reads the EAP authentication result and checks whether the EAP authentication succeeds in the service management server 500.

If the EAP authentication fails as a result of reading the EAP authentication result (1184), the wireless AP terminates the network connection to the wireless terminal 800 (1186).

On the other hand, if the EAP authentication succeeds (1184) as a result of reading the EAP authentication result, the wireless AP allows the network access to the wireless terminal 800 (1188), at which time the redirection to the wireless terminal 800 In this operation, the wireless AP further cancels the redirection operation by allowing the network access and converts the redirection to an appeal communication session.

According to the exemplary embodiment of the present invention, when the wireless terminal 800 is connected to a predetermined wide area network, the wireless terminal 800 deactivates the wide area communication function (1190).

FIG. 12 is a diagram illustrating a function configuration of a wireless terminal 1200 corresponding to a platform-based WLAN network access according to an embodiment of the present invention.

In more detail, FIG. 12 illustrates a case in which the wireless terminal 1200 shown in FIG. 5 is a mobile communication terminal connected to a code division multiple access (CDMA) based mobile communication network. An implementation method for the functional configuration of the mobile communication terminal after performing the WLAN network access procedure shown in FIG. 11, specifically, the mobile communication terminal has a functional configuration for platform-based WLAN communication according to the present invention (or Built-in method is shown.

Those skilled in the art to which the present invention pertains, with reference to FIG. 12, in addition to the mobile communication terminal, other wireless terminal 1200 corresponding to the platform-based wireless LAN connection (for example, portable with a wired communication function). Various implementation methods for the functional configuration of a terminal, or a terminal apparatus without a wired / wireless communication function, etc.) may be inferred, but the present invention includes all the implementation methods inferred above, and is shown in FIG. It is not limited to this.

Hereinafter, in FIG. 12, a mobile communication terminal connected to the CDMA-based mobile communication network is referred to as a "wireless terminal 1200" for convenience of terminology.

In terms of hardware, the wireless terminal 1200 providing a mobile communication service includes an external body, a speaker, a microphone, a keypad, a liquid crystal display (LCD), an antenna, and a battery 1225. For example, a predetermined modem chip incorporating functions such as a code division multiple access (CDMA) modem, a central processing unit / micro processing unit (CPU / MPU), a vocoder, and the like (e.g., an MSM series modem chip from Qualcomm, USA) And various memory elements, a duplexer filter that separates transmission and reception signals from one antenna, a power amplifier for amplifying a transmission signal, a high power amplifier (HPA), and an isolator for preventing a high power transmission signal from being reversed. Isolator), RF / IF SAW filter for removing out-of-band unwanted signals, frequency up-circuit in transmission path, frequency down-conversion circuit in receive path, reference clock source VCTCXO (Voltage Controlled Temperature Compensated X-tal Oscillator), UHF frequency synthesizer used as local signal of frequency up-down conversion, and codec chip for converting analog voice signal into digital signal. Is gradually integrated in the modem chip, and in addition to the core components for the mobile communication service, various functions for various multimedia services and / or additional services are integrated together.

Referring to FIG. 12, a wireless terminal 1200 corresponding to a platform-based wireless LAN network connection includes a predetermined memory unit 1245 and 865, a screen output unit 1210, a sound processor 1215, and a key input unit 1220. And a wireless processing unit 1230, a wireless LAN communication unit 1235, an interface 1240, a memory unit 1245, and a battery 1225 for supplying a predetermined power.

The control unit 1205 includes a processor and an execution memory including a CPU / MPU provided in the modem chip in hardware, and provides a predetermined program for providing a function specific to the wireless terminal 1200 from a predetermined memory element. Routine and / or a bus for inputting and outputting program data (BUS) and a predetermined electronic circuit (or integrated circuit) provided for this, characterized in that it comprises a predetermined memory device and / or chipset in software Is a generic term for program routines and / or program data loaded from the memory into the execution memory and processed by the processor to perform specific functions, which are to be implemented by the controller 1205 in the radio terminal 1200 thereby. Various functions are realized, and the overall operation of the wireless terminal 1200 to realize the above functions. It is characterized in that to control and manage the operation. In particular, when power is input to the wireless terminal 1200 to perform a function of the control unit 1205 for controlling and managing the overall operation of the wireless terminal 1200, an operating system routine or system stored in a predetermined memory device. Management routines and / or system variables are loaded into the execution memory and computed by the processor to serve as variables for providing an operating system, system management program, and / or mobile communication service.

The screen output unit 1210 is a liquid crystal display (LCD) driver for outputting a screen and is a key input unit 1220 by the control unit 1205 (eg, a program routine for outputting predetermined information or data to the LCD). Key data generated through the &lt; RTI ID = 0.0 &gt;), various information, signals, and / or content (e. G., Text content, image content, and / or &lt; / RTI &gt; Or multimedia content) to a predetermined screen output device (for example, an LCD panel), and the screen output unit 1210 is connected to a screen output device (LCD) based on platform-based wireless LAN communication. It is preferable to perform the function of the information output unit for outputting predetermined information required in the process.

The sound processor 1215 encodes a predetermined sound signal input from a microphone provided in the wireless terminal 1200 and provides the sound signal to the controller 1205 or extracted and / or generated by the controller 1205. A predetermined sound signal is decoded and output through a speaker. To this end, the sound processor 1215 includes a predetermined vocoder and a codec. The sound processor 1215 performs a function of a sound input unit provided in the wireless terminal 1200 through the microphone, or the sound output unit provided in the wireless terminal 1200 through the sound processor 1215 and a speaker. Perform the function of the means.

The key input unit 1220 includes a predetermined key having at least one key button including a predetermined number key and / or a character key and / or a function key. Detects information (or signal) input from the keypad and detects a predetermined key button provided in the keypad in a specific input mode and / or operation mode of the wireless terminal 1200 controlled by the controller 1205. When predetermined information (or signal) is inputted from the device, a key event (eg, MH_KEY_PRESSEVENT, MH_KEY_REPEATEVENT, MH_KEY_RELEASEEVENT) corresponding to the input information (or signal) is generated, and the generated key event is transmitted to the controller 1205. The controller 1205 reads predetermined key data corresponding to the key event in a current input mode and / or an operation mode of the wireless terminal 1200 (eg, each of the nones). Read out key data from the key table storing (managing) at least one or more key data corresponding to a specific key event in an input terminal 1200 and / or an operation mode, and / or with the key event. A command for executing a predetermined function that is matched and defined is read. The keypad including the key input unit 1220 and at least one key button interlocks with each other to perform a function of a key input unit provided in the wireless terminal 1200.

The wireless processor 1230 may register location and / or slot mode and / or power control in conjunction with the control unit 1205 (eg, a program routine for providing a mobile communication service). Or providing a mobile communication service including a hand-off and / or call processing procedure, the base station corresponding to an end of the mobile communication network in the process of providing the mobile communication service. And an RF processing function (eg, performing antenna control, modulating, synthesizing, amplifying and / or filtering the radio frequency signal) for performing transmission and reception of the radio frequency signal. In particular, the wireless processing unit 1230 processes the information or signal transmitted from the wireless terminal 1200 to the base station in a CDMA stack to provide the mobile communication service, or from a CDMA stack received from the base station. It provides a function for reading information or signals.

According to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention, the wireless terminal 1200 connects a base station on a predetermined mobile communication network with a predetermined wireless section through the wireless processing unit 1230 and through a predetermined wired section including the base station. It is preferable to connect a predetermined communication channel with a server (or device) provided on the mobile communication network and / or a predetermined communication network that interworks with the mobile communication network.

The WLAN communication unit 1235 may include at least one of radio frequency (RF) communication and / or Bluetooth and / or Wi-Fi and / or ultra wide band (UWB). It is characterized by connecting a predetermined wireless AP and the IEEE 802.11x-based wireless communication session through the short-range wireless communication means, and comprises a predetermined short-range wireless communication device configuration for the short-range wireless communication in hardware, Preferably, the software includes a MAC layer and a PHY layer for the IEEE 802.11x based wireless communication.

The interface 1240 is a serial port provided in the wireless terminal 1200. The interface 1240 is configured to connect serial communication with the wireless terminal 1200 and at least one external device.

The memory unit 1245 is input and output when an operation by a predetermined program routine (or code) and / or program data (eg, a program routine (or code)) for controlling the overall operation of the wireless terminal 1200 is performed. General term for memory devices that store information and / or data; read-only memory (ROM) corresponding to read-only memory, flash memory (FM) for read / write, and electrically erasable and programmable read Only Memory). In general, the ROM stores system information that should not be deleted, and the flash memory includes an operating system routine, a call processing program routine, and / or an application program routine provided through the wireless terminal 1200 and information or data therefor. The EEPROM stores a terminal registration related parameter and a telephone number (eg, an address book) or at least one information and / or data extracted and / or generated while executing an application provided in the wireless terminal 1200. do.

According to the exemplary embodiment of the present invention, the memory unit 1245 may record at least one or more terminal programs downloaded through the WLAN communication unit 1235, and the terminal program may be predetermined by the wireless terminal 1200. When entering the hotspot providing system of the drive, (or is executed) is preferably loaded into the controller 1205.

Referring to FIG. 12, in the process of performing the platform-based WLAN access process illustrated in FIG. 10 and / or FIG. 11, a wide area communication of the wireless terminal 1200 among the terminal programs provided in the memory unit 1245 is performed. A program for activating / deactivating a program is driven (or executed) and provided to the wireless terminal 1200 in the form of a wide area communication control unit 1250 and 1205, and the EAP authentication (and / or membership) process is performed in the network access process. A program for driving (or executing) is characterized in that provided in the wireless terminal 1200 in the form of an EAP authentication processing unit.

FIG. 13 is a diagram illustrating a functional configuration of a wireless terminal 1300 corresponding to a platform-based WLAN network access according to another embodiment of the present invention.

In more detail, FIG. 13 illustrates a case in which the wireless terminal 1300 shown in FIG. 5 is a mobile communication terminal connected to a code division multiple access (CDMA) based mobile communication network. An implementation method for functional configuration of the mobile communication terminal after performing the WLAN network access procedure shown in FIG. 11, specifically, a predetermined WLAN module for platform-based WLAN communication according to the present invention to the mobile communication terminal ( 1340 shows an implementation method provided.

Those skilled in the art to which the present invention pertains, with reference to FIG. 13, in addition to the mobile communication terminal, another wireless terminal 1300 corresponding to the platform-based WLAN network connection (for example, the wired communication function is provided. Various implementation methods for the functional configuration of a mobile terminal or a terminal apparatus without a wired / wireless communication function, etc. may be inferred. However, the present invention includes all the implementation methods inferred above, and is illustrated in FIG. It is not limited to the method.

Hereinafter, in FIG. 13, a mobile communication terminal connecting to the CDMA-based mobile communication network is referred to as a "wireless terminal 1300" for convenience of terminology.

In terms of hardware, the wireless terminal 1300 providing a mobile communication service includes an external body, a speaker, a microphone, a keypad, a liquid crystal display (LCD), an antenna, a battery 1325, and the like. For example, certain modem chips (for example, MSM series modem chips from Qualcomm, Inc.) that incorporate functions such as a code division multiple access (CDMA) modem, a CPU / MPU (Central Processing Unit / Micro Processing Unit), and a vocoder; , Various memory 1360 elements, a duplexer filter that separates transmission and reception signals from one antenna, a power amplifier for amplifying a transmission signal, a high power amplifier (HPA), and a high output transmission signal to prevent a reverse phenomenon Isolator, RF / IF SAW filter for eliminating out-of-band unwanted signals, frequency up-circuit in transmission path, frequency down-conversion circuit in receive path, reference clock source VCTCXO (Voltage Controlled Temperature Compensated X-tal Oscillator), UHF frequency synthesizer used as local signal of frequency up-down conversion, and codec chip for converting analog voice signal into digital signal. Elements are gradually integrated into the modem chip, and in addition to the core components for the mobile communication service, the modem chip is integrated with various functions for various multimedia services and / or additional services.

Referring to FIG. 13, a wireless terminal 1300 corresponding to a platform-based wireless LAN network connection may include a predetermined controller 1305, a screen output unit 1310, a sound processor 1315, a key input unit 1320, and a wireless processor ( 1330, an interface 1335, a memory 1365, and a battery 1325 for supplying a predetermined power.

The controller 1305 includes a processor and an execution memory 1360 including a CPU / MPU provided in the modem chip in hardware, and provides a function specific to the wireless terminal 1300 from a predetermined memory 1360 element. It comprises a predetermined program routine (Routine) and / or a bus (BUS) for inputting and outputting the program data and a predetermined electronic circuit (or integrated circuit) provided therefor, and predetermined software (1360) A generic term for program routines and / or program data loaded from the device and / or chipset into the execution memory 1360 and computed through the processor to perform a specific function. As a result, various functions to be implemented in the wireless terminal 1300 are realized, and in order to realize the above functions, the wireless terminal 1 It is characterized in that to control and manage the overall operation of 300). In particular, when power is input to the wireless terminal 1300 to perform a function of the controller 1305 for controlling and managing overall operations of the wireless terminal 1300, an operating system stored in a predetermined memory 1360 element. Routines, system management routines, and / or system variables are loaded into the execution memory 1360 and computed by the processor to serve as variables for providing an operating system, system management program, and / or mobile communication service. do.

The screen output unit 1310 is a liquid crystal display (LCD) driver for outputting a screen, and a key input unit 1320 by the control unit 1305 (for example, a program routine for outputting predetermined information or data to the LCD). Key data generated through the &lt; RTI ID = 0.0 &gt;), various information, signals, and / or content (e. G., Text content, image content, and / or &lt; / RTI &gt; Or multimedia content) to a predetermined screen output device (for example, an LCD panel), and the screen output unit 1310 is connected to a screen output device (LCD) based on platform-based wireless LAN communication. It is desirable to perform the function of the information output unit for outputting predetermined information required in the process.

The sound processor 1315 encodes a predetermined sound signal input from a microphone included in the wireless terminal 1300 and provides the sound signal to the controller 1305 or extracted and / or generated by the controller 1305. A predetermined sound signal may be decoded and output through a speaker. For this purpose, the sound processor 1315 includes a predetermined vocoder and a codec. Performs a function of a sound input means provided in the wireless terminal 1300 through the sound processor 1315 and a microphone, or outputs a sound provided in the wireless terminal 1300 through the sound processor 1315 and a speaker. Perform the function of the means.

The key input unit 1320 is provided with at least one key button including a predetermined number key and / or a character key and / or a function key. Detects information (or signal) input from the keypad and detects a predetermined key button provided in the keypad in a specific input mode and / or operation mode of the wireless terminal 1300 controlled by the controller 1305. When predetermined information (or signal) is inputted from the device, a key event (eg, MH_KEY_PRESSEVENT, MH_KEY_REPEATEVENT, MH_KEY_RELEASEEVENT) corresponding to the input information (or signal) is generated, and the generated key event is transmitted to the controller 1305. The control unit 1305 may read predetermined key data corresponding to the key event in the current input mode and / or operation mode of the wireless terminal 1300 (eg, each of the none). Reads key data from the key table from a key table that stores (manages) at least one key data corresponding to a specific key event in an input mode and / or an operation mode of the terminal 1300, and / or matches the key event And read a command for executing a defined function. The keypad including the key input unit 1320 and at least one key button performs a function of a key input unit provided in the wireless terminal 1300 in cooperation with each other.

The wireless processor 1330 may register a location and / or a slot mode and / or a power control in conjunction with the controller 1305 (eg, a program routine for providing a mobile communication service). Or providing a mobile communication service including a hand-off and / or call processing procedure, the base station corresponding to an end of the mobile communication network in the process of providing the mobile communication service. And an RF processing function (eg, performing antenna control, modulating, synthesizing, amplifying and / or filtering the radio frequency signal) for performing transmission and reception of the radio frequency signal. In particular, the wireless processor 1330 processes the information or a signal transmitted from the wireless terminal 1300 to the base station to provide a mobile communication service to a CDMA stack, or predetermined information from the CDMA stack received from the base station. Or it provides a function for reading the signal.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, the wireless terminal 1300 connects a base station on a predetermined mobile communication network with a predetermined wireless section through the wireless processing unit 1330, and through a predetermined wired section including the base station. It is preferable to connect a predetermined communication channel with a server (or device) provided on the mobile communication network and / or a predetermined communication network that interworks with the mobile communication network.

The interface 1335 is a serial port provided in the wireless terminal 1300. The interface 1335 may connect serial communication with the wireless terminal 1300 and at least one external device, and may be referred to as the wireless terminal 1300. The predetermined WLAN module 1340 corresponding to the platform-based WLAN network access according to the present invention is preferably provided in the wireless terminal 1300 through the interface 1335.

The memory unit 1365 is input and output when an operation by a predetermined program routine (or code) and / or program data (eg, a program routine (or code)) for controlling the overall operation of the wireless terminal 1300 is performed. A general term for a memory 1360 element that stores information and / or data, and includes a read only memory (ROM) corresponding to the read only memory 1360 and a flash memory 1360 capable of reading / writing (Flash Memory; FM). And EEPROM (Electrically Erasable and Programmable Read Only Memory). In general, the ROM stores system information that should not be deleted, and the flash memory 1360 includes an operating system routine, a call processing program routine, and / or an application program routine provided through the wireless terminal 1300 and information for the same or Data and the like are stored in the EEPROM, at least one or more information and / or data extracted and / or generated during the execution of an application included in the terminal registration related parameters and phone number (eg, address book) or the wireless terminal 1300. Etc. are stored.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, the memory unit 1365 preferably records at least one or more terminal programs downloaded through the WLAN module 1340, and the terminal program is predetermined by the wireless terminal 1300. When entering the hotspot providing system of the drive, (or is executed) is preferably loaded into the controller 1305.

Referring to FIG. 13, the WLAN module 1340 may include a module controller 1345 for controlling the WLAN module 1340 to provide a platform-based WLAN communication function according to the present invention, and at least one short-range wireless network. The wireless LAN communication unit 1350 connects a wireless AP provided on a predetermined hotspot providing system and an IEEE 802.11x based wireless communication session through a communication means, and is downloaded from the platform operating system through the wireless LAN communication unit 1350. A memory 1360 for temporarily storing at least one or more terminal programs and / or storing a MIP dynamically allocated from the platform operating system, and an interface 1355 for communicating with an interface 1335 provided in the wireless terminal 1300. It is characterized by comprising a).

The module controller 1345 includes a processor including a predetermined CPU / MPU, and the WLAN communication unit 1350 and / or the memory 1360 and / or the interface provided in the WLAN module 1340. In connection with (1355) it is characterized in that for controlling the platform-based wireless LAN communication function according to the present invention.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, the module controller 1345 checks whether the wireless terminal 1300 (or the wireless LAN module 1340) enters a predetermined hotspot providing system in association with the wireless LAN communication unit 1350. In addition, when the wireless terminal 1300 (or the wireless LAN module 1340) enters a predetermined hotspot providing system, it is preferable to control to perform a network access procedure in connection with the wireless LAN communication unit 1350. .

In addition, the module controller 1345 receives at least one or more terminal programs through the WLAN communication unit 1350 in the network access process, temporarily stores them in the memory 1360, and then wirelessly stores the wireless signals through the interface 1335. It is preferable to control recording in the memory unit 1365 provided in the terminal 1300.

In addition, when the network access procedure is normally performed, the module controller 1345 may control to receive a predetermined MIP through the WLAN communication unit 1350 and to allocate the MIP to the memory 1360.

Subsequently, when the wireless terminal 1300 requests at least one wireless LAN service through the interface 1335, the module controller 1345 may be connected to the wireless LAN communication unit 1350 to perform the requested wireless LAN service. It is preferable to control transmission and reception of at least one or more IEEE 802.11x based packets.

The wireless LAN communication unit 1350 includes at least one of radio frequency (RF) communication and / or Bluetooth and / or Wi-Fi and / or ultra wide band (UWB). It is characterized by connecting a predetermined wireless AP and the IEEE 802.11x-based wireless communication session through the short-range wireless communication means, and comprises a predetermined short-range wireless communication device configuration for the short-range wireless communication in hardware, Preferably, the software includes a MAC layer and a PHY layer for the IEEE 802.11x based wireless communication.

Referring to FIG. 13, a wide area communication of the wireless terminal 1300 of the terminal programs included in the memory unit 1365 in the process of performing the platform-based WLAN access process illustrated in FIGS. 10 and / or 11. A program for activating / deactivating a program is driven (or executed) and provided to the wireless terminal 1300 in the form of a wide area communication control unit 1370. It is characterized in that the driving (or execution) is provided in the wireless terminal 1300 in the form of the EAP authentication processing unit (1375).

14 is a diagram illustrating a platform-based WLAN service process according to an embodiment of the present invention.

More specifically, FIG. 14 shows a service management on the platform operating system shown in FIG. 6 after the wireless terminal 1300 having the functional configuration shown in FIGS. 7 and / or 8 enters a predetermined hotspot providing system. In the case where the platform-based WLAN access procedure as shown in FIGS. 10 and / or 11 is performed in connection with the server 500 and the service support server 330, the wireless terminal 1300 may provide a predetermined system through the hot spot providing system. Regarding a process of accessing an IP network, those skilled in the art to which the present invention pertains, various implementation methods for the platform-based WLAN service process according to the present invention by referring to and / or modifying the drawing 14 It may be inferred that, but the present invention includes all the implementation methods inferred above, and is not limited to the implementation method shown in FIG.

Referring to FIG. 14, the wireless terminal 1300 illustrated in FIGS. 7 and / or 8 is connected to a predetermined IP network through a platform-based WLAN service process according to the present invention. A web browser program of at least one or more terminal programs mounted on the wireless terminal 1300 is driven through the network access procedure shown in FIG. 11 (1400).

According to another exemplary embodiment of the present invention, when a predetermined web browser program is provided in the wireless terminal 1300, the wireless terminal 1300 may drive the provided web browser program. The present invention is not limited by this.

When the web browser program is driven as described above, the wireless terminal 1300 transmits predetermined web browsing service information (or code) and the driven web browser program information to the wireless AP (1405). The web browsing service information (or code) and the driven web browser program information are transmitted to the service management server 500 (1410), and correspondingly, the service management server 500 sends the web browsing service information (or Code) and a service registration process for the driven web browser program information (1415).

According to the exemplary embodiment of the present invention, the service registration processing procedure may further include the service management server 500 generating predetermined service logo information corresponding to the service registration processing and storing the service logo information in the service support server 330. It is preferable to comprise.

Thereafter, the wireless terminal 1300 requests the wireless AP to access at least one or more IP networks (1420), and in response thereto, the wireless AP performs an IP network access procedure for the wireless terminal 1300. 1425, at least one web browsing service is provided to the wireless terminal 1300.

While at least one web browsing service is provided to the wireless terminal 1300, the wireless terminal 1300 periodically checks whether the IP network connection is terminated and / or timeout occurs. When the connection is terminated and / or a timeout occurs (1430), the wireless AP determines the web browsing service information (or code) corresponding to the web browsing service where the connection is terminated or the typeout occurs and the driven web browser. Program information is transmitted to the service management server 500 (1435), and correspondingly, the service management server 500 cancels service registration for the web browsing service information (or code) and the driven web browser program information. The procedure is performed (1440).

According to an embodiment of the present invention, the service registration deregistration process further includes the service management server 500 generating predetermined service logo information corresponding to the service deregistration and storing the service logo information in the service support server 330. It is preferable to comprise.

FIG. 15 is a diagram illustrating a function of a wireless terminal 1500 for providing a web browsing service through a platform-based WLAN according to an embodiment of the present invention.

In more detail, FIG. 15 shows a case in which the wireless terminal 1500 shown in FIG. 6 is a mobile communication terminal connected to a code division multiple access (CDMA) based mobile communication network. As an implementation method for a function configuration for receiving a browsing service, a method for implementing a platform-based WLAN communication according to the present invention is specifically illustrated in the mobile communication terminal.

Those skilled in the art to which the present invention pertains, with reference to this figure 15 other wireless terminal 1500 (eg, wired communication function for providing a web browsing service through a platform-based wireless LAN in addition to the mobile communication terminal Various implementation methods for the functional configuration of a mobile terminal provided, or a terminal device without a wired / wireless communication function, etc.) may be inferred, but the present invention includes all the implementation methods inferred as shown in FIG. It is not limited to the implemented method.

Hereinafter, in FIG. 15, a mobile communication terminal connecting to the CDMA-based mobile communication network is referred to as a "wireless terminal 1500" for convenience of terminology.

In terms of hardware, the wireless terminal 1500 providing a mobile communication service includes an external body, a speaker, a microphone, a keypad, a liquid crystal display (LCD), an antenna, a battery 1525, and the like. For example, certain modem chips (for example, MSM series modem chips from Qualcomm, Inc.) that incorporate functions such as a code division multiple access (CDMA) modem, a CPU / MPU (Central Processing Unit / Micro Processing Unit), and a vocoder; , Various memory elements, duplexer filter that separates transmission and reception signals from one antenna, power amplifier to amplify transmission signal, high power amplifier (HPA), isolator to prevent the return of high output transmission signal RF / IF SAW filter to remove the unwanted out-of-band unwanted signals, frequency up-circuit in the transmission path, frequency down-conversion circuit in the receive path, and reference clock source. VCTCXO (Voltage Controlled Temperature Compensated X-tal Oscillator), UHF frequency synthesizer used as local signal of frequency up-down conversion, and codec chip for converting analog voice signal into digital signal. Is gradually integrated in the modem chip, and in addition to the core components for the mobile communication service, various functions for various multimedia services and / or additional services are integrated together.

Referring to FIG. 15, a wireless terminal 1500 for providing a web browsing service through a platform-based wireless LAN includes a predetermined controller 1505, a screen output unit 1510, a sound processor 1515, a key input unit 1520, A wireless processor 1530, a wireless LAN communication unit 1535, an interface 1540, a memory unit 1545, and a battery 1525 for supplying a predetermined power are provided.

The control unit 1505 includes a processor and an execution memory including a CPU / MPU provided in the modem chip in hardware, and provides a predetermined program routine for providing a function specific to the wireless terminal 1500 from a predetermined memory element. (Routine) and / or a bus (BUS) for inputting and outputting the program data and a predetermined electronic circuit (or integrated circuit) provided for this, characterized in that from a predetermined memory device and / or chipset in software As a generic term for program routines and / or program data loaded into the execution memory and processed by the processor to perform a specific function, the controller 1505 may thereby implement the wireless terminal 1500 by the controller 1505. The functions are realized, and the overall operation of the wireless terminal 1500 to realize the above functions. A characterized in that the control and management. In particular, when power is input to the wireless terminal 1500 to perform a function of the control unit 1505 that controls and manages overall operations of the wireless terminal 1500, an operating system routine and a system stored in a predetermined memory device. Management routines and / or system variables are loaded into the execution memory and computed by the processor to serve as variables for providing an operating system, system management program, and / or mobile communication service.

The screen output unit 1510 is a liquid crystal display (LCD) driver for outputting a screen and is a key input unit 1520 by the controller 1505 (for example, a program routine for outputting predetermined information or data to the LCD). Key data generated through the &lt; RTI ID = 0.0 &gt;), various information, signals, and / or content (e. G., Text content, image content, and / or &lt; / RTI &gt; Or multimedia content) to a predetermined screen output device (eg, an LCD panel), and the screen output unit 1510 is connected to a screen output device (LCD) based on platform-based wireless LAN communication. It is preferable to perform the function of the information output unit for outputting predetermined information required in the process.

The sound processor 1515 encodes a predetermined sound signal input from a microphone included in the wireless terminal 1500 to provide it to the controller 1505, or is extracted and / or generated by the controller 1505. A sound signal is decoded and output through a speaker. To this end, the sound processor 1515 includes a predetermined vocoder and a codec. Performs a function of a sound input unit provided in the wireless terminal 1500 through the sound processor 1515 and a microphone, or outputs a sound provided in the wireless terminal 1500 through the sound processor 1515 and a speaker. Perform the function of the means.

The key input unit 1520 is provided with at least one key button including a predetermined number key and / or a character key and / or a function key. Detects information (or signal) input from the keypad and detects a predetermined key provided in the keypad in a specific input mode and / or operation mode of the wireless terminal 1500 controlled by the controller 1505. When predetermined information (or signal) is input from the button, a key event (eg, MH_KEY_PRESSEVENT, MH_KEY_REPEATEVENT, MH_KEY_RELEASEEVENT) corresponding to the input information (or signal) is generated, and the generated key event is output to the controller 1505. The control unit 1505 reads predetermined key data corresponding to the key event in the current input mode and / or operation mode of the wireless terminal 1500 (eg, for each non-existence). Read the key data into the key event from a key table that stores (manages) at least one key data corresponding to a specific key event in the input terminal 1500 input mode and / or operation mode, and / or the key event A command for executing a predetermined function that is matched and defined is read. The keypad including the key input unit 1520 and at least one key button performs a function of a key input unit provided in the wireless terminal 1500 in cooperation with each other.

The wireless processor 1530 may register a location and / or a slot mode and / or a power control in conjunction with the controller 1505 (eg, a program routine for providing a mobile communication service). Or providing a mobile communication service including a hand-off and / or call processing procedure, the base station corresponding to an end of the mobile communication network in the process of providing the mobile communication service. It further comprises an RF processing function (eg, antenna control, modulation, synthesis, amplification and / or filtering of the radio frequency signal) to perform the transmission and reception of radio frequency signals. In particular, the wireless processing unit 1530 processes information or a signal transmitted from the wireless terminal 1500 to the base station to provide a mobile communication service into a CDMA stack, or predetermined information from the CDMA stack received from the base station. Or it provides a function for reading the signal.

According to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention, the wireless terminal 1500 connects a base station on a predetermined mobile communication network with a predetermined wireless section through the wireless processing unit 1530, and through a predetermined wired section including the base station. It is preferable to connect a predetermined communication channel with a server (or device) provided on the mobile communication network and / or a predetermined communication network that interworks with the mobile communication network.

The WLAN communication unit 1535 includes at least one of radio frequency (RF) communication and / or Bluetooth and / or Wi-Fi and / or ultra wide band (UWB). It is characterized by connecting a predetermined wireless AP and the IEEE 802.11x-based wireless communication session through the short-range wireless communication means, and comprises a predetermined short-range wireless communication device configuration for the short-range wireless communication in hardware, Preferably, the software includes a MAC layer and a PHY layer for the IEEE 802.11x based wireless communication.

The interface 1540 is a serial port provided in the wireless terminal 1500. The interface 1540 is characterized by connecting serial communication with the wireless terminal 1500 and at least one external device.

The memory unit 1545 is input and output when an operation by a predetermined program routine (or code) and / or program data (eg, a program routine (or code)) for controlling the overall operation of the wireless terminal 1500 is performed. General term for memory devices that store information and / or data; read-only memory (ROM) corresponding to read-only memory, flash memory (FM) for read / write, and electrically erasable and programmable read Only Memory). In general, the ROM stores system information that should not be deleted, and the flash memory includes an operating system routine, a call processing program routine, and / or an application program routine provided through the wireless terminal 1500 and information or data therefor. The EEPROM stores a terminal registration related parameter and a telephone number (for example, an address book) or at least one information and / or data extracted and / or generated while executing an application included in the wireless terminal 1500. do.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, the memory unit 1545 preferably records at least one or more terminal programs downloaded through the WLAN communication unit 1535, and the terminal program is predetermined by the wireless terminal 1500. When entering the hotspot providing system of the drive, (or is executed) is preferably loaded into the controller 1505.

Referring to FIG. 15, the wireless terminal 1500 of the terminal program included in the memory unit 1545 in the process of performing the platform-based wireless LAN access process illustrated in FIGS. 10 and / or 11 may be used. A program for activating / deactivating wide area communication of the terminal 1500 is driven (or executed) and provided to the wireless terminal 1500 in the form of a wide area communication control unit 1550, and the EAP authentication (and / or Membership) The program for processing is driven (or executed) is provided in the wireless terminal 1500 in the form of the EAP authentication processing unit, and the web browsing service through the platform-based wireless LAN shown in Figure 14 In the process of performing, among the terminal programs provided in the memory unit 1545, a web browser program for the web browsing service is driven (or executed) in the form of a web browser unit 1560. It characterized in that provided in the group the wireless terminal 1500.

FIG. 16 is a diagram illustrating a wireless terminal function configuration for providing a web browsing service through a platform-based WLAN according to another exemplary embodiment of the present invention.

More specifically, FIG. 16 illustrates a web browsing service illustrated in FIG. 14 when the wireless terminal shown in FIG. 6 is a mobile communication terminal connecting to a code division multiple access (CDMA) based mobile communication network. As an implementation method for a function configuration to be provided, it specifically illustrates an implementation method in which the mobile communication terminal is provided with a predetermined WLAN module for platform-based WLAN communication according to the present invention.

Those skilled in the art to which the present invention pertains, with reference to this figure 16, in addition to the mobile communication terminal other wireless terminal for providing a web browsing service through a platform-based wireless LAN (for example, portable with a wired communication function) Various implementation methods for the functional configuration of a terminal, or a terminal apparatus having no wired or wireless communication function, etc.) may be inferred, but the present invention includes all the implementation methods inferred above, and is shown in FIG. It is not limited to this.

Hereinafter, in FIG. 16, a mobile communication terminal connecting to the CDMA-based mobile communication network is referred to as a "wireless terminal" for convenience of terminology.

In terms of hardware, a wireless terminal that provides mobile communication services includes an external body, a speaker, a microphone, a keypad, a liquid crystal display (LCD), an antenna and a battery, and internally, code division (CDMA). Predetermined modem chips (e.g., MSM series modem chips manufactured by Qualcomm, Inc.) and various memories 1660 having functions such as a multiple access (CDMA) modem, a central processing unit / micro processing unit (CPU) and a vocoder; Device, a duplexer filter that separates the transmission and reception signals from one antenna, a power amplifier that amplifies the transmission signal, a high power amplifier (HPA), an isolator that prevents the high power transmission signal from being reversed RF / IF SAW filter for removing unwanted out-of-band unwanted signals, frequency up-circuit in the transmission path, frequency down-conversion circuit in the receive path, and VCT corresponding to the reference clock source Voltage Controlled Temperature Compensated X-tal Oscillator (CXO), UHF frequency synthesizer used as local signal of frequency up-down conversion, and codec chip for converting analog voice signal into digital signal. Is gradually integrated in the modem chip, and in addition to the core components for the mobile communication service, various functions for various multimedia services and / or additional services are integrated together.

Referring to FIG. 16, a wireless terminal 1600 for providing a web browsing service through a platform-based wireless LAN includes a predetermined controller 1605, a screen output unit 1610, a sound processor 1615, a key input unit 1620, The wireless processor 1630, the interface 1635, the memory 1665, and a battery 1625 for a predetermined power supply are provided.

The control unit 1605 includes a processor and an execution memory 1660 including a CPU / MPU provided in the modem chip in hardware, and provides a function specific to the wireless terminal 1600 from a predetermined memory 1660 element. It comprises a predetermined program routine (Routine) and / or a bus (BUS) for inputting and outputting the program data and a predetermined electronic circuit (or integrated circuit) provided therefor, and predetermined software (1660) A generic term for program routines and / or program data loaded from the device and / or chipset into the execution memory 1660 and computed through the processor to perform a specific function, by the controller 1605. As a result, various functions to be implemented in the wireless terminal 1600 are realized, and in order to realize the above functions, the wireless terminal 1 is realized. It is characterized in that to control and manage the overall operation of 600). In particular, when power is input to the wireless terminal 1600 to perform a function of the control unit 1605 that controls and manages overall operations of the wireless terminal 1600, an operating system stored in a predetermined memory 1660 element. Routines, system management routines, and / or system variables are loaded into the execution memory 1660 and computed by the processor to serve as variables for providing an operating system, system management program, and / or mobile communication service. do.

The screen output unit 1610 is a liquid crystal display (LCD) driver for outputting a screen, and a key input unit 1620 by the control unit 1605 (for example, a program routine for outputting predetermined information or data to the LCD). Key data generated through the &lt; RTI ID = 0.0 &gt;), various information, signals, and / or content (e. G., Text content, image content, and / or &lt; / RTI &gt; Or multimedia content) to a predetermined screen output device (for example, an LCD panel). The screen output unit 1610 is connected to a screen output device (LCD) to connect a platform-based wireless LAN. It is preferable to perform a function of an information output unit for outputting predetermined information required in a communication process.

The sound processor 1615 encodes a predetermined sound signal input from a microphone included in the wireless terminal 1600 and provides the sound signal to the controller 1605, or the controller 1605 extracts and / or generates the sound signal. A sound signal may be decoded and output through a speaker. To this end, the sound processor 1615 includes a predetermined vocoder and a codec. Performs a function of a sound input unit provided in the wireless terminal 1600 through the sound processor 1615 and a microphone, or outputs a sound provided in the wireless terminal 1600 through the sound processor 1615 and a speaker. Perform the function of the means.

The key input unit 1620 includes a predetermined key having at least one key button including a predetermined number key and / or a character key and / or a function key. Detects information (or signal) input from the keypad and detects a predetermined key button provided in the keypad in a specific input mode and / or operation mode of the wireless terminal 1600 controlled by the controller 1605. When predetermined information (or signal) is inputted from the device, a key event (eg, MH_KEY_PRESSEVENT, MH_KEY_REPEATEVENT, MH_KEY_RELEASEEVENT) corresponding to the input information (or signal) is generated, and the generated key event is transmitted to the controller 1605. The control unit 1605 may read predetermined key data corresponding to the key event in the current input mode and / or operation mode of the wireless terminal 1600 (eg, for each non-existence). Read the key data from the key table in a key table that stores (manages) at least one key data corresponding to a specific key event in an input terminal 1600 input mode and / or an operation mode, and / or the key event A command for executing a predetermined function that is matched and defined is read. The keypad including the key input unit 1620 and at least one key button interlocks with each other to perform a function of a key input unit provided in the wireless terminal 1600.

The wireless processing unit 1630 may be associated with the control unit 1605 (eg, a program routine for providing a mobile communication service) for location registration and / or slot mode and / or power control. Or providing a mobile communication service including a hand-off and / or call processing procedure, the base station corresponding to an end of the mobile communication network in the process of providing the mobile communication service. And an RF processing function (eg, performing antenna control, modulating, synthesizing, amplifying and / or filtering the radio frequency signal) for performing transmission and reception of the radio frequency signal. In particular, the wireless processing unit 1630 processes the information or signal transmitted from the wireless terminal 1600 to the base station to provide the mobile communication service to the CDMA stack, or predetermined information from the CDMA stack received from the base station. Or it provides a function for reading the signal.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, the wireless terminal 1600 connects a base station on a predetermined mobile communication network with a predetermined wireless section through the wireless processing unit 1630, and through a predetermined wired section including the base station. It is preferable to connect a predetermined communication channel with a server (or device) provided on the mobile communication network and / or a predetermined communication network that interworks with the mobile communication network.

The interface 1635 is a serial port provided in the wireless terminal 1600. The interface 1635 connects the wireless terminal 1600 and serial communication with at least one external device, and is referred to as the wireless terminal 1600. The predetermined WLAN module 1640 for providing a web browsing service through a platform-based WLAN according to the present invention is preferably provided to the wireless terminal 1600 through the interface 1635.

The memory unit 1665 is input and output when an operation by a predetermined program routine (or code) and / or program data (eg, a program routine (or code)) for controlling the overall operation of the wireless terminal 1600 is performed. A general term for a memory 1660 element that stores information and / or data, and includes a read only memory (ROM) corresponding to the read only memory 1660 and a flash memory 1660 capable of reading / writing (Flash Memory; FM). And EEPROM (Electrically Erasable and Programmable Read Only Memory). In general, the ROM stores system information that should not be deleted, and the flash memory 1660 includes an operating system routine, a call processing program routine, and / or an application program routine provided through the wireless terminal 1600 and information therefor. Or data and the like, wherein the EEPROM includes at least one information and / or information extracted and / or generated during the execution of an application included in the terminal registration parameters and a phone number (eg, an address book) or the wireless terminal 1600. Data and the like are stored.

According to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention, the memory unit 1665 preferably records at least one or more terminal programs downloaded through the WLAN module 1640, and the terminal program is predetermined by the wireless terminal 1600. When entering the hotspot providing system of, it is preferably driven (or executed) is loaded into the controller 1605.

Referring to FIG. 16, the WLAN module 1640 may include a module controller 1645 controlling the WLAN module 1640 to provide a platform-based WLAN communication function according to the present invention, and at least one short-range wireless network. Wireless LAN communication unit 1650 for connecting a wireless AP provided on a predetermined hotspot providing system through a communication means and an IEEE 802.11x-based wireless communication session, and downloaded from the platform operating system through the wireless LAN communication unit 1650 A memory 1660 for temporarily storing at least one terminal program and / or storing a MIP dynamically allocated from the platform operating system, and an interface 1655 for communicating with an interface 1635 provided in the wireless terminal 1600. It is characterized by comprising a).

The module controller 1645 includes a processor including a predetermined CPU / MPU, and includes a wireless LAN communication unit 1650 and / or a memory 1660 and / or an interface provided in the wireless LAN module 1640. It is characterized in that the platform-based WLAN communication function in accordance with the present invention in conjunction with the control.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, the module controller 1645 checks whether the wireless terminal 1600 (or the wireless LAN module 1640) enters a predetermined hotspot providing system in association with the wireless LAN communication unit 1650. In addition, when the wireless terminal 1600 (or the wireless LAN module 1640) enters a predetermined hotspot providing system, it is preferable to control the network connection procedure in connection with the wireless LAN communication unit 1650. .

In addition, the module controller 1645 receives at least one or more terminal programs through the wireless LAN communication unit 1650 in the network access process and temporarily stores them in the memory 1660, and then wirelessly stores the wireless data through the interface 1635. It is preferable to control recording in the memory unit 1665 included in the terminal 1600.

In addition, when the network access procedure is normally performed, the module controller 1645 preferably controls to receive a predetermined MIP through the WLAN communication unit 1650 and allocate the MIP to the memory 1660.

Subsequently, when the wireless terminal 1600 requests at least one WLAN service through the interface 1635, the module controller 1645 cooperates with the WLAN communication unit 1650 to request the requested WLAN service. It is preferable to control transmission and reception of at least one or more IEEE 802.11x based packets.

The wireless LAN communication unit 1650 includes at least one of radio frequency (RF) communication and / or Bluetooth and / or Wi-Fi and / or ultra wide band (UWB). It is characterized by connecting a predetermined wireless AP and the IEEE 802.11x-based wireless communication session through the short-range wireless communication means, and comprises a predetermined short-range wireless communication device configuration for the short-range wireless communication in hardware, Preferably, the software includes a MAC layer and a PHY layer for the IEEE 802.11x based wireless communication.

Referring to FIG. 16, the wireless terminal 1600 of the terminal program included in the memory unit 1665 in the process of performing the platform-based wireless LAN access process illustrated in FIGS. 10 and / or 11 may be used. A program for activating / deactivating wide area communication of the terminal 1600 is driven (or executed) and provided to the wireless terminal 1600 in the form of a wide area communication control unit 1670, and the EAP authentication (and / Or a subscription)) a program for processing (or executed) is provided in the wireless terminal 1600 in the form of an EAP authentication processing unit, the web browsing service through the platform-based wireless LAN shown in FIG. Of the terminal programs provided in the memory unit 1665 in the process of performing, the web browser program for the web browsing service is driven (or executed) in the form of a web browser 1680 It is characterized in that provided in the wireless terminal 1600.

17 is a diagram illustrating a platform-based WLAN release process according to an embodiment of the present invention.

In more detail, in FIG. 17, after the wireless terminal 1600 having the functional configuration shown in FIGS. 7 and / or 8 enters a predetermined hot spot providing system, service management on the platform operating system shown in FIG. Providing at least one WLAN service as shown in FIG. 14 by performing a platform-based WLAN access procedure as shown in FIGS. 10 and / or 11 in connection with the server 500 and the service support server 330. While receiving (or after receiving), when the wireless terminal 1600 leaves the hotspot providing system, and the process for releasing the platform-based wireless LAN connection state, the general knowledge in the art to which the present invention belongs Those having the same will be able to infer various implementation methods for the platform-based WLAN release process according to the present invention by referring to and / or modifying the drawing 17. I, the present invention includes all embodiments in which the inference method, not limited to the exemplary method shown in the figure 17.

Referring to FIG. 17, the wireless terminal 1600 shown in FIGS. 7 and / or 8 enters a predetermined hotspot providing system, and then the service management server 500 on the platform operating system shown in FIG. By performing a platform-based WLAN access procedure as shown in FIGS. 10 and / or 11 in connection with the service support server 330, at least one or more radios as shown in FIG. 14 in conjunction with a wireless AP on the hotspot providing system. LAN service is provided (1700).

According to an embodiment of the present invention, the functional configuration of the wireless terminal 1600 for at least one web browsing service as shown in FIG. 14 of the WLAN service is as shown in FIG. 15 and / or FIG.

While the at least one WLAN service is provided (or after being provided) as described above, the wireless terminal 1600 periodically uses at least one or more wireless APs provided in the hotspot providing system and wireless by using a predetermined short range wireless communication means. Check if the link is broken.

If it is confirmed that the radio link is disconnected (1705), the wireless terminal 1600 terminates platform-based WLAN communication according to the present invention (1710).

In this case, terminating the platform-based WLAN communication may include at least one of the network access process illustrated in FIG. 10 and / or FIG. 11 and the WLAN terminal 1600 for the WLAN service illustrated in FIG. Ending the above terminal program, it is preferable to include the step of erasing the IP address assigned to the wireless terminal 1600 through the network access process shown in Figure 10 and / or Figure 11.

According to the exemplary embodiment of the present invention, when the wireless terminal 1600 is connected to a predetermined wide area network, the wireless terminal 1600 activates the wide area communication function (1715), and when the wireless terminal 1600 leaves the hot spot providing system, Process to return the wide area communication function provided in the wireless terminal 1600.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, the functional configuration of the wireless terminal 1600 in which the platform-based wireless LAN communication is terminated and / or the wide area communication function is returned as shown in FIGS. 7 and / or 8. .

In addition, while the at least one WLAN service is provided (or after being provided) as described above, the wireless AP provided on the hotspot providing system is also periodically located in at least one wireless terminal 1600 located in the hotspot providing system. Confirm that the wireless link using the predetermined short range wireless communication means is disconnected and / or timeout occurs.

If it is confirmed that the wireless link is disconnected and / or timeout occurs (1720), the wireless AP is connected to the service management server 500 to the wireless terminal 1600 for which the wireless link is disconnected. In operation 1725, the service management server 500 releases the network connection to the wireless terminal 1600 in which the wireless link is disconnected.

Here, releasing the network connection to the wireless terminal 1600 in which the wireless link is disconnected deletes the service registration information of the wireless terminal 1600 registered in the service management server 500 and deletes the service registration information. And generating predetermined service logo information corresponding to the deletion and storing the predetermined service logo information in a DBMS provided in the service support server 330.

Thereafter, the wireless AP terminates the communication session for the wireless terminal 1600 in which the wireless link is disconnected (1735), thereby finally releasing the network connection to the wireless terminal 1600 in which the wireless link is disconnected.

According to the present invention, at least one or more wireless terminals located in the at least one hotspot providing system through the platform operating system can be used free of charge (or at low cost), such as an on-premises WLAN, and a special registration such as a public WLAN. There is an advantage of providing a platform-based wireless LAN service that can be used freely without procedures.

According to the present invention, the platform operating system, which is not a network operator, provides at least one or more terminal programs to at least one or more wireless terminals located in at least one or more hotspot providing systems, and then corresponds to providing the terminal program and using the terminal program. There is an advantage of generating a profit by charging a fee.

According to the present invention, in terms of the economics of the mobile subscribers, the reduction of PSTN fee, the competition between cable and high-speed Internet network operators triggers the cost reduction of subscribers and the reduction of mobile communication costs, thereby reducing subscriber costs and providing simultaneous video. Since autonomous autonomy can activate information exchange and individual subscribers can reduce communication costs, it can promote economic activities to reduce communication costs.

In addition, according to the present invention, in terms of the reproduction of the communication industry based on the creative concept, the service according to the present invention is less than the competition between the wireline network businesses, high-speed Internet network operators, mobile operators and broadcasters by the PSTN, which is the main body of the competition system. Deriving from the existing competition system has the advantage that it can provide a starting point that can lead to disruption or disruptive technology.

In addition, according to the present invention, there is an advantage that the conversion from the so-called Seller's Market to the Buyer's Market in the telecommunication market can be switched by the market rather than by government regulation or policy by bringing the choice of subscribers or consumers.

In addition, according to the present invention, it is expected to provide a new competitive structure between telecommunications companies and to resolve social issues between broadcasting and telecommunications to some extent, bring about the collapse of the existing telecommunications business structure and a new telecommunications business structure. The advantage is that the reorganization can be reorganized in terms of the user of communication demand.

In addition, according to the present invention, in terms of the communication network, there is an advantage that the integration of the wired network and mobile communication network, the integration between the mobile communication network and the integration of the cable network and XDSL network, the air supply can coexist with each other without issues between the broadcasting network and the communication network.

In addition, according to the present invention, from the national economic effect, P.O. By connecting subscribers, or consumers, with multiple HS service providers, it can generate many HS service providers, which are new businesses, and also cause many content providers to provide HS service providers. The opportunity to create and supply content products according to various requirements of subscribers has the advantage of generating new industries.

In addition, these content providers, many HS service providers, and P.O. It will lead to the generation of new equipment and software manufacturing such as many handsets depending on the subscriber's choice, and thus, it is expected to create new forms of employment.

In addition, according to the present invention, in terms of social ripple effects, experts or creative objects in each field with Content can occur according to various content provider specializations by eliminating barriers to provide consumers with Content. As contents exist in various forms, as a result, consumers can access contents from these various objects, and in each field, they can exist in all areas of education, medical care, and so on.

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Detecting at least one or more wireless access points (APs) provided in an affiliated store by a predetermined wireless terminal having predetermined short range wireless communication means; Requesting network access from the wireless terminal to the wireless AP through the short range wireless communication means when the wireless AP is detected; Establishing a wireless link for the wireless terminal in the wireless AP and requesting a MAC (Media Access Control) authentication for the wireless terminal to a predetermined service management server; Performing MAC authentication on the wireless terminal by the service management server and providing the MAC authentication result to the wireless AP; The MAC confirms the MAC authentication result in the wireless AP. If the MAC authentication succeeds, the communication AP establishes a communication session with the wireless AP. If the MAC authentication fails, the MAC check fails for the wireless terminal. Initiating a redirection operation; Providing and mounting a communication platform including at least one terminal program for accessing a communication network to the wireless terminal through the communication session or redirection at the service management server; And And connecting to the communication network through a communication platform provided by driving (or executing) the at least one terminal program in the wireless terminal. And if the wireless terminal is provided with a predetermined wide area communication function including a mobile communication network or a wired internet, further comprising deactivating the wide area communication function provided in the wireless terminal. The method of claim 1, wherein the wireless terminal connects to the communication network through a communication platform provided by driving (or executing) the at least one terminal program. Platform-based communication network access method comprising the EAP (Extensible Authentication Protocol) authentication or dynamic IP allocation. The method of claim 1, wherein the wireless AP, And if the network connection to the wireless terminal is allowed, connecting the wireless terminal to at least one or more IP networks through a predetermined xDSL device. The method of claim 1, wherein the wireless AP, A platform comprising a wireless link with a wireless LAN communication device provided in the wireless terminal through a short-range wireless communication means of any one of the Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, or Ultra Wide Band (UWB). Based network access method. The method of claim 1, wherein the wireless AP, Platform-based communication network access method characterized in that it is provided in the merchant, including at least one or more stores, discount stores, department stores, large stores, hotels, playgrounds, nightlife, amusement parks, APT, condos, officetels, golf courses, general buildings and the like.

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