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US 8,528,051 B2Granted
Mobile terminal, server, and method for providing content information
AssigneePantech Co., Ltd.
InventorSung Chul Choi
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Abstract
A mobile terminal includes a communication unit to perform Wi-Fi communication in a Wi-Fi zone of an access point, an authentication unit to perform or request authentication using Media Access Control (MAC) address information of the mobile terminal if the mobile terminal enters the Wi-Fi zone, and a control unit to receive content information allowed according to the authentication result through the communication unit when the mobile terminal is authenticated by the authentication unit.
Claims18
A mobile terminal, comprising:
- a communication unit to perform Wi-Fi communication in a Wi-Fi zone of an access point;
- an authentication unit to request authentication using Media Access Control (MAC) address information of the mobile terminal if the mobile terminal enters the Wi-Fi zone, wherein the authentication of the mobile terminal is based on if the MAC address information of the mobile terminal is included in a stored MAC address range of at least one of an access point device or a server;
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- a control unit to receive content information allowed according to an authentication result received through the communication unit if the mobile terminal is authenticated.
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A mobile terminal, comprising:
- a communication unit to perform Wi-Fi communication using an access point device included in the mobile terminal;
- an authentication unit to receive Media Access Control (MAC) address information of another mobile terminal and to perform authentication if the other mobile terminal enters a Wi-Fi zone associated with the access point device, wherein the authentication of the other mobile terminal is based on if the MAC address information of the other mobile terminal is included in a stored MAC address range of the access point device;
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- a control unit to provide content information allowed according to an authentication result through the communication unit to the other mobile terminal if the other mobile terminal is authenticated.
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A server, comprising:
- a communication unit to perform Wi-Fi communication with a mobile terminal;
- an authentication unit to store a Media Access Control (MAC) address range and to perform authentication of the mobile terminal using MAC address information of the mobile terminal if the mobile terminal enters a Wi-Fi zone of an access point associated with the server, wherein the authentication of the mobile terminal is based on if the MAC address information of the mobile terminal is included in the stored MAC address range;
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- a control unit to transmit content information allowed according to an authentication result to the authenticated mobile terminal through the communication unit if the mobile terminal is authenticated.
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A method for providing content information, comprising:
- transmitting Media Access Control (MAC) address information of a mobile terminal to an access point device or to a server through Wi-Fi communication if the mobile terminal enters a Wi-Fi zone;
- performing authentication using the MAC address information in the access point device or the server, wherein the authentication of the mobile terminal is based on if the MAC address information of the mobile terminal is included in a stored MAC address range of at least one of the access point device or the server;
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- transmitting content information allowed according to an authentication result from the server or the access point device to the mobile terminal if the mobile terminal is authenticated.
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A method for providing content information, comprising:
- receiving Media Access Control (MAC) address information of a first mobile terminal through Wi-Fi communication using an access point device included in a second mobile terminal if the first mobile terminal enters a Wi-Fi zone;
- performing authentication using the MAC address information in the second mobile terminal, wherein the authentication of the first mobile terminal is based on if the MAC address information of the first mobile terminal is included in a stored MAC address range of the access point device;
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- transmitting content information allowed according to an authentication result to the first mobile terminal if the first mobile terminal is authenticated.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.