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US 8,913,559 B2Granted
System and method for online sign up provider selection
AssigneeFuturewei Technologies, Inc.
InventorsBin Chen, Kaidi Huang, George Calcev, Hanan Ahmed
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Abstract
A mobile station selects a provider such as an online sign up (OSU) provider by receiving a pre-association message including OSU selection information from a Wi-Fi network component, such as an access point in communication with the OSU provider, and sending a selection of an OSU provider in accordance with the OSU selection information to the network component. The OSU selection information excludes identification of the OSU network provider or resource, but provides other attributes to the user, such as price or service configuration. The pre-association message may be transmitted as a beacon or using ANQP.
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A method for online sign up (OSU) provider selection, comprising:
- receiving, by a mobile station, a pre-association message, the pre-association message including OSU selection information;
- accepting, by the mobile station, a selection of an OSU provider in accordance with the OSU selection information;
- and
- connecting, by the mobile station, to a server of the OSU provider in accordance with the selection, wherein the OSU selection information indicates a relationship between the OSU provider and a basic service set (BSS), the relationship between the OSU provider and the BSS specifying (i) whether the BSS is a preferred BSS for the OSU provider, (ii) whether the BSS is an own-deployed BSS for the OSU provider, (iii) a BSS priority order for the OSU provider, (iv) whether the OSU provider is a preferred OSU provider for the BSS, or (v) an OSU provider priority order for the BSS.
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A method for online sign up (OSU) provider selection, comprising:
- receiving, by a mobile station, a pre-association message, the pre-association message including an OSU provider identifier and OSU selection information;
- accepting, by the mobile station, a selection of an OSU provider in accordance with the OSU selection information;
- and
- connecting, by the mobile station, to a server of the OSU provider in accordance with the selection, wherein the OSU selection information indicates a relationship between the OSU provider and a basic service set (BSS), the relationship between the OSU provider and the BSS specifying (i) whether the BSS is a preferred BSS for the OSU provider, (ii) whether the BSS is an own-deployed BSS for the OSU provider, (iii) a BSS priority order for the OSU provider, (iv) whether the OSU provider is a preferred OSU provider for the BSS, or (v) an OSU provider priority order for the BSS.
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A method permitting online sign up (OSU) provider selection, comprising:
- transmitting, by a network component, a pre-association message, the pre-association message including an OSU provider identifier and OSU selection information;
- and
- receiving, at the network component, a selection of an OSU provider in accordance with the OSU selection information, wherein the OSU selection information indicates a relationship between the OSU provider and a basic service set (BSS), the relationship between the OSU provider and the BSS specifying (i) whether the BSS is a preferred BSS for the OSU provider, (ii) whether the BSS is an own-deployed BSS for the OSU provider, (iii) a BSS priority order for the OSU provider, (iv) whether the OSU provider is a preferred OSU provider for the BSS, or (v) an OSU provider priority order for the BSS.
A mobile station in a wireless fidelity (WiFi) network, comprising:
- an antenna adapted to receive a pre-association message, the pre-association message including an online sign up (OSU) provider identifier and OSU selection information;
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- an input device adapted to permit selection of an OSU provider in accordance with the OSU selection information, wherein the OSU selection information indicates a relationship between the OSU provider and a basic service set (BSS), wherein the relationship between the OSU provider and the BSS is at least one of an indication of whether the BSS is a preferred BSS for the OSU provider, an indication of whether the BSS is an own-deployed BSS for the OSU provider, a BSS priority order for the OSU provider, an indication of whether the OSU provider is a preferred OSU provider for the BSS, and an OSU provider priority order for the BSS.
A controller in a wireless fidelity (WiFi) network, comprising:
- an antenna adapted to transmit a pre-association message, the pre-association message including an online sign up (OSU) provider identifier and OSU selection information;
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- the antenna adapted to receive the selection of an OSU provider in accordance with the OSU selection information, wherein the OSU selection information indicates a relationship between the OSU provider and a basic service set (BSS), wherein the relationship between the OSU provider and the BSS is at least one of an indication of whether the BSS is a most preferred BSS for the OSU provider, an indication of whether the BSS is an own-deployed BSS for the OSU provider, a BSS priority order for the OSU provider, an indication of whether the OSU provider is a most preferred OSU provider for the BSS, and an OSU provider priority order for the BSS.
A method for online sign up (OSU) provider selection, comprising:
- communicating an access network query protocol (ANQP) message between a server and a Wi-Fi enabled device, the ANQP message comprising at least an OSU provider subfield, wherein the OSU provider subfield includes an OSU provider length field, an OSU friendly name length field, an OSU friendly name field, an OSU server uniform resource identifier (URI) length field, an OSU method list length field, an OSU method list field, an icons available field, an OSU network access identifier (NAI) length field, an OSU service description length field, and an OSU service description field,
- wherein the OSU service description field includes a service provider's description of a service being offered to the Wi-Fi enabled device.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.