KR100620565B1 - Method and apparatus for subscribing to wireless internet with mobile terminal - Google Patents

Abstract

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

Integrated Management, Wireless Internet, Registration, Subscription Process

Description

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

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

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

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

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

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

100: subscriber terminal

120: communication network

130: swap gateway

150: content providing device

200: integrated management device

300: central management unit

310: content provider access device

330: transmission device

334-1: Sense Module

334-3: Authentication module

350: interface device

500: subscriber management device

550: Web Subscriber Management Module

570: Wap Subscriber Management Module

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

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

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

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

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

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

Method for subscribing to the wireless Internet with a mobile terminal according to the first aspect of the present invention for achieving the above object,
A) detecting a subscriber ID and a device ID of a terminal connected to the wireless Internet;
B) performing authentication on the subscriber ID;
C) when a result of the authentication is a subscriber having a right authority but not registered in the wireless internet, transmitting a message to the terminal of the subscriber inquiring whether to subscribe to the wireless internet;

And d) automatically joining the wireless Internet based on the information extracted from the subscriber ID and the device ID when a message is received from the terminal of the subscriber agreeing to subscribe to the wireless internet.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Referring to FIG. 1, the mobile communication system includes a communication network 120 and an integrated management device 200 to connect the subscriber station 100 and the content providing device 150.

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

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

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The integrated management device 200 has an open structure including a content provider connection device, a central management device, a transmission device, and an interface device, and thus has flexibility and modularity that can be implemented together with other solutions. Therefore, the integrated management device 300 supports HP-UX, Sun Solaris, WebLogic, Oracle9iAS, SunONE Web Server as a multiple platform.

In addition, the integrated management device 200 supports global regulations related to wireless business such as WAP (Wireless Application Protocol).

In addition, the integrated management device 200 may start the service faster by integrating and managing the content provider, the service and content of the content provider, and the menu of the subscriber. In addition, the integrated management device 200 provides an authentication model based on service-based subscription and CP policy.

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

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

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As shown, the integrated management device 200 is based on the content provider access device 310 for connecting with the content providing device 150, the subscriber and the terminal information of the subscriber based on the data provided from the content providing device 150 Central management apparatus 300 for implementing the service, and a transmission device 330 for providing a service provided by the central management apparatus 300 to the subscriber terminal 100 connected to the wireless or wired Internet It is configured by.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

In more detail, the detection module 334-1 of the transmission device 330 detects the subscriber ID and the device ID for the subscriber station 100. In this case, the subscriber ID may include a mobile identification number (MIN), a mobile directory number (MDN), a client ID, and the like, and the device ID may include a URI, a user agent, a phone type, and the like.
The Client ID is an international standard defined to solve a problem caused by using MIN and MDN, and defines an identification of a mobile terminal like the MIN and MDN. In other words, in providing contents to mobile terminals requesting contents, content providers request a distinguisher for distinguishing a user's mobile terminal from the integrated management device. The integrated management device identifies the MIN and MDN as the identifier of the mobile terminal. to provide. However, since the MIN and the MDN coincide with the mobile phone number of the mobile terminal, when the MIN or the MDN is leaked by a content provider's information management mistake or intention, the customer information may be leaked. do. The Client ID includes customer information such as the MIN or MDN, a mobile communication company name, a social security number, and is encrypted, thereby significantly reducing the possibility of customer information leakage even when exposed to the outside while serving as a distinguisher of the mobile terminal.
The Uniform Resource Identifier (URI) among the device IDs is an address value that stores detailed information of the mobile terminal in the UA Profile, which is a standard for managing device information of the mobile terminal. The address of the memory corresponding to the URI stores device information such as manufacturer, model name, system version, LCD resolution and size, supported hardware and software as defined in the UA Profile.
Therefore, when the mobile terminal provides a URI for identifying the information of its own terminal to the integrated management device 200, the integrated management device 200 provides a URI to the terminal management device (not shown), and the terminal management device is The device information of the mobile terminal stored in the address corresponding to the URI is read to confirm the device information.
The user agent of the device ID refers to information of the mobile terminal that the mobile terminal sends to the base station for the mobile communication service, and is defined by its own standard for each communication company. The user agent defined by the SKT specification includes information such as MIN / MDN, prepaid user status, supported browser version, and manufacturer.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

An example of registration information basically required when subscribing to the wireless Internet includes a user ID, a password, terminal information, and personal information such as resident registration, address, and real name. However, only the subscriber ID and the device ID are inputted to the registration information through the above-described method, and the subscriber is registered by filling the remaining information with temporary data in the subscriber management apparatus 500.
In other words, the integrated management device 200 manages information of subscribers subscribed to the mobile communication system, subscribers subscribed to the wireless Internet, subscribers subscribed to the wired Internet, and accesses the integrated management device 200 to provide services. The user who can be provided is a subscriber to one of the mobile communication system, the wireless Internet, and the wired Internet.
Therefore, when a mobile terminal not subscribed to the wireless internet requests to join the wireless internet, when the mobile terminal joins the wireless internet from the subscriber ID and the device ID that can be detected by the integrated management apparatus 200 when the mobile terminal is connected to the wireless internet. Basically required registration information is extracted and used, and other information is requested by using the subscriber information stored in the integrated management device 200 or inputting necessary information to the mobile terminal which has completed the use of the wireless Internet. do.

As described in detail above, according to the method and apparatus for subscribing to the wireless Internet with the mobile terminal of the present invention, it is cumbersome when a user who is using a swappable mobile terminal but does not subscribe to the wireless internet wants to use the wireless internet. It is possible to subscribe to and use the wireless Internet without going through a subscription procedure, thereby providing convenience to users of the mobile terminal in using the wireless Internet.

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

Claims (6)

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

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