Patent ID: 8666816
Filing Date: 2014-03-04
Classification: G06Q

Abstract:
1. A computer-implemented method for a wireless access point (WAP), comprising: receiving, at the WAP, information from an advertisement provider, the information pertaining to preferences of a plurality of end users with respect to network access characteristics to be provided by the WAP to any of the plurality of end users, the plurality of end users including end users that have used the WAP for network access and end users that have not used the WAP for network access, and wherein the preferences comprise a number of advertisements to be displayed on a screen; identifying network access characteristics that are likely to increase a number of mobile devices utilizing the WAP for network access based on the preferences; configuring, at the WAP, properties of the WAP based on the identified network access characteristics; and providing, by the WAP, a network access experience to a plurality of subsequent users of the WAP, the network access experience defined by the configured properties of the WAP.