Method and device for access control to a wireless local access network
US7376098B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | May 20, 2003 |
| Grant date | May 20, 2008 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | May 17, 2025 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04W88/06
- WIPO fieldDigital communication
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A device is dedicated to controlling access to wireless communications local area networks having a local coverage area included in a main coverage area of a main communications network equipped with mobile communications device positioning means. The device having management means connected to the positioning means and adapted i) to compare the positions of at least some of the mobile devices to those of the local areas, in order to select the primary identifiers of the mobile devices substantially positioned in said local areas, and ii) to send a messaging server of the main network instructions including the primary identifier of each mobile device selected, in order for it to send them a message telling their users that they can connect to the local area network in whose local area they are placed.
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