Patent ID: 9253642
Filing Date: 2016-02-02
CPC Classification: H04L,H04W

Claim Text:
1. A system for performing an online activation of a wireless Internet service, the system comprising: an authentication, authorization, and accounting (AAA) server configured to perform authentication and authorization using a media access control (MAC) address of user equipment, (ii) to determine whether an activation of the user equipment is required, based on authentication and authorization results, (iii) to automatically transfer an access control rule associated with the activation of the user equipment, to an access control system when the activation of the user equipment is determined to be required, wherein the access control rule includes the MAC address of the user equipment and address information of an online activation server, and (iv) to complete activation by registering the user equipment using activation information delivered from the online activation server; the access control system configured (i) to automatically receive the access control rule from the AAA server, (ii) to receive an access request for accessing a website other than the online activation server, from the user equipment being in a non-activated state, and (iii) to connect the user equipment to the online activation server by redirecting the access request of the user equipment to the online activation server, according to the access control rule received from the AAA server, wherein the redirected access request includes the MAC address of the user equipment such that the MAC address is used for the activation of the user equipment in the online activation server; and the online activation server configured (i) to automatically receive the redirected access request from the access control system, (ii) to obtain the MAC address from the redirected access request, (iii) to perform an activation procedure for the user equipment using the MAC address, and (iv) to deliver activation information including the MAC address to the AAA server.