Patent ID: 7272385

Claim:
A method of activating, from a mobile radio terminal having a prestored access profile type and located in a cellular mobile network, an interactive station coupled to a telecommunication network that is coupled to said cellular mobile network, said mobile terminal and said interactive station being arranged for exchanging data over a local radio link providing a local radio coverage area, said interactive station from time to time scanning for the presence of said mobile terminal in said local radio coverage area, said method including the following steps after said mobile terminal signals its presence in said local radio coverage area to the interactive station: declaring said prestored access profile type by said mobile terminal to said interactive station through said local radio link without passing through said cellular mobile network so that said access profile conditions a communication between said interactive station and said mobile terminal, prompting said mobile terminal to send an identifier of said mobile terminal to said interactive station by transmitting a message from said interactive station to said mobile terminal through said local radio link, and transmitting said mobile terminal identifier from said interactive station to a management arrangement through said telecommunication network so that (a) said management arrangement activates said interactive station, and (b) functions of said interactive station are personalized according to a user profile associated with said mobile terminal identifier and transmitted from said management arrangement to said interactive station through said telecommunication network in response to said management arrangement validating said mobile terminal identifier.