Internet access through a social network enabled router

A router configured to enable Internet access in a location of a business entity comprising:

• a memory;
• and
• a processor communicatively coupled to the memory, the processor being configured to execute instructions associated with:
• routing an Internet connection request from a data processing device of a customer of the business entity at the location thereof to a web interface requiring the customer to log in with a social network identifier thereof, and
• permitting the customer free Internet access at the location of the business entity through the data processing device solely after the customer endorses the business entity on a social network through another web interface to which the customer is redirected to on the data processing device following the login thereof with the social network identifier thereof, the another web interface being configured to operate on a platform of the social network, and the social network corresponding to the social network identifier of the customer.

A system comprising:

• a data processing device of a customer of a business entity at the location of the business entity;
• and
• a social network enabled router at the location of the business entity, the social network enabled router being configured to:
• route an Internet connection request from the data processing device to a web interface requiring the customer to log in with a social network identifier thereof, and
• permit the customer free Internet access at the location of the business entity through the data processing device solely after the customer endorses the business entity on a social network through another web interface to which the customer is redirected to on the data processing device following the login thereof with the social network identifier thereof, the another web interface being configured to operate on a platform of the social network, and the social network corresponding to the social network identifier of the customer.