Patent ID: 8838706

Claim:
A method of providing targeted messaging from a network of wireless access points associated respectively with various service subscribers, comprising: identifying a first group of one or more wireless access points and a second group of one or more wireless access points; determining whether a message provider has chosen to access at least one of the first group of one or more wireless access points or the second group of one or more wireless access points, access to the first group of one or more wireless access points provided in exchange for a first fee when the first group of one or more wireless access points is chosen and access to the second group of one or more wireless access points provided in exchange for a second fee when the second group of one or more wireless access points is chosen; for a particular wireless access point in the first group of one or more wireless access points or the second group of one or more wireless access points, identifying one or more messages associated with the message provider, the identifying based at least in part on attributes of one or more service subscribers associated with the particular wireless access point through a service provider or a messaging service, the one or more service subscribers providing services to one or more users of one or more wireless devices; receiving a probe request frame from a particular wireless device, the probe request frame containing an information element that specifies a request for a targeted message; and providing at least one of the one or more messages to the particular wireless device in response to the request for the targeted message.