Patent SG-11201903446V-A (SG)
Title: Portal aggregation service mapping subscriber device identifiers to portal addresses to which connection and authentication requests are redirected and facilitating mass subscriber apparatus configuration
Inventor: SPENCER CHRISTOPHER ALAN
IPC: H04L29/06
Filed: 2017-10-16
Abstract: INTERNATIONAL APPLICATION PUBLISHED UNDER THE PATENT COOPERATION TREATY (PCT) (19) World Intellectual Property 1#1110111101110101011111 011010011111111101111001111101111111011110111111 Organization International Bureau (10) International Publication Number (43) International Publication Date .....0\"\"\" WO 2018/073572 Al 26 April 2018 (26.04.2018) WIP0 I PCT (51) International Patent Classification: (72) Inventor: SPENCER, Christopher Alan; Global Reach H04L 29/08 (2006.01) HO4W 12/06 (2009.01) Technology Limited, Craven House, 121 Kingsway, Lon- H04L 29/06 (2006.01) don Greater London WC2B 6PA (GB). (21) International Application Number: (74) Agent: APPLEYARD LEES IP LLP; 15 Clare Road, Hal- PCT/GB2017/053130 ifax Yorkshire HX1 2HY (GB). (22) International Filing Date: (81) Designated States (unless otherwise indicated, for every 16 October 2017 (16.10.2017) kind of national protection available): AE, AG, AL, AM, AO, AT, AU, AZ, BA, BB, BG, BH, BN, BR, BW, BY, BZ, (25) Filing Language: English CA, CH, CL, CN, CO, CR, CU, CZ, DE, DJ, DK, DM, DO, (26) Publication Language: English DZ, EC, EE, EG, ES, FI, GB, GD, GE, GH, GM, GT, HN, (30) Priority Data: HR, HU, ID, IL, IN, IR, IS, JO, JP, KE, KG, KH, KN, KP, KR, KW, KZ, LA, LC, LK, LR, LS, LU, LY, MA, MD, ME, 1617587.9 17 October 2016 (17.10.2016) GB MG, MK, MN, MW, MX, MY, MZ, NA, NG, NI, NO, NZ, (71) Applicant: GLOBAL REACH TECHNOLOGY OM, PA, PE, PG, PH, PL, PT, QA, RO, RS, RU, RW, SA, LIMITED [GB/GB]; Craven House, 121 Kingsway, Lon- SC, SD, SE, SG, SK, SL, SM, ST, SV, SY, TH, TJ, TM, TN, don Greater London WC2B 6PA (GB). TR, TT, TZ, UA, UG, US, UZ, VC, VN, ZA, ZM, ZW. (54) Title: PORTAL AGGREGATION SERVICE MAPPING SUBSCRIBER DEVICE IDENTIFIERS TO WHICH CONNECTION AND AUTHENTICATION REQUESTS ARE REDIRECTED AND FACILITATING MASS = SUBSCRIBER APPARATUS CONFIGURATION = 0 '. --- v RADgis TO PORTAL ADDRESSES 1 15 -12 , Portal ag regtdon 16 5 Aggregation I 16 Actount2 RADIUS 4 , RAOIllS Po taf vPADIUS WAG x. vRAD't IS Portal KIP ? HP pr , : n redirection H-n-p vRAD1U$ P al 6 A, 1 / 1.2oGE15 . 4° t 5 o Account ? , 3 4 5 fii 1 vRADIt.1 . Contral'aafk e Pattal -.-46 OPE Subscriber traffic 1 t FIG. 1 ,-, ei IN (57) : A method in a communications network for connecting to the network a subscriber apparatus from amongst a plurality kin M of subscriber apparatuses to a respective network portal apparatus from amongst a plurality of network portal apparatuses. The method IN includes providing a portal aggregation server (7) storing a plurality of network portal addresses associated with the plurality of the 0 --.... network portal apparatuses (12, 13, 14) and a plurality of subscriber identifiers which each identify a respective one of the plurality of 0 1-1 0 subscriber apparatuses. The method further includes the step, performed at the portal aggregation server, of receiving from a subscriber C apparatus (2) a connection request to connect to the network. The request comprises a subscriber identifier associated with the subscriber N apparatus. The method includes mapping the received subscriber identifier to a network portal address, and redirecting the connection C [Continued on next page] WO 2018/073572 Al MIDEDIMOMOIDEIREEMOOMEIIIIIMHOMMOVOIS (84) Designated States (unless otherwise indicated, for every kind of regional protection available): ARIPO (BW, GH, GM, KE, LR, LS, MW, MZ, NA, RW, SD, SL, ST, SZ, TZ, UG, ZM, ZW), Eurasian (AM, AZ, BY, KG, KZ, RU, TJ, TM), European (AL, AT, BE, BG, CH, CY, CZ, DE, DK, EE, ES, FI, FR, GB, GR, HR, HU, IE, IS, IT, LT, LU, LV, MC, MK, MT, NL, NO, PL, PT, RO, RS, SE, SI, SK, SM, TR), OAPI (BF, BJ, CF, CG, CI, CM, GA, GN, GQ, GW, KM, ML, MR, NE, SN, TD, TG). Published: — with international search report (Art. 21(3)) request to the network portal address so mapped.