Patent ID: 9105031
Filing Date: 2015-08-11
Classification: G06Q,H04L,H04W

Abstract:
1. A method performed on a client device, the method for displaying advertisement information relating to a commercial service, the method comprising: obtaining, by the client device, trust information corresponding to a wireless access point from a source other than the wireless access point, where the obtained trust information comprises a public key of the wireless access point; receiving, by the client device from the wireless access point while the client device is not connected to any network to which access is provided by the wireless access point, an unrequested encrypted message comprising the advertisement information; verifying, based on the obtained trust information, an identity of the wireless access point, where the verifying is based on successfully decrypting, by the client device using the public key from the trust information, the unrequested encrypted message received from the wireless access point; accepting, based on the verifying, the unrequested encrypted message received from the wireless access point; and displaying, via the client device based on the accepting, at least a portion of the advertisement information from the decrypted message.