Patent ID: 8904415
Filing Date: 2014-12-02
Classification: H04N,H04W

Abstract:
1. A method for providing a wireless LAN service using a rental digital television, the method comprising: recording information of a first user including a lease fee and registering the first user as a lease service subscriber in the management authentication server when the first user has made a digital television lease request; accessing a management authentication server using a service server included in a wireless-LAN-embedded digital television leased to the first user when the wireless-LAN-embedded digital television is turned on and determining whether or not the first user is a lease service subscriber; activating a TV tuner and an access point of the wireless-LAN-embedded digital television if the first user is a lease service subscriber; receiving through a packet receiver, at the wireless-LAN-embedded digital television, advertisement image information transmitted from an advertisement image server; outputting an image produced by decoding the advertisement image information to a screen; accessing the management authentication server using the service server when a terminal of a second user has accessed the access point and determining whether or not the second user is a wireless LAN service subscriber; providing a wireless LAN service to the terminal of the second user if the second user is a wireless LAN service subscriber regardless of whether the second user is a lease service subscriber or not; and adjusting the lease fee according to the number of times and how long terminals access the access point.