Patent ID: 6807417
Filing Date: 2004-10-19
Classification: H04W

Abstract:
A method for establishing a connection to a local service, comprising the steps of:a) providing a local area having a limited coverage; b) defining a visitor access requirement based on at least one visitor criterion for a temporary access to said local area; c) analyzing a received connection attempt with respect to said visitor access requirement; and d) establishing said connection, if said received connection attempt meets said visitor access requirement, wherein said at least one visitor criterion comprises a visitor dialing number allocated for visitor connections within said local area, wherein a limited number of services, that is a subset of all services available in the local area network for service personnel and others, is available to said established connection for a visitor, wherein the analyzing step includes comparing a dialed number, of the received connection, with the visitor dialing number, wherein the at least one visitor criterion further comprises a predetermined location area of a terminal generating the received connection attempt, and wherein the limited number of services includes an information service for providing information about the location area.