Patent ID: 8611318

Claim:
A method for connecting a mobile communication terminal with an access point located in a local area providing a Wireless Local Area Network (WLAN) service, the method comprising the steps of: broadcasting, by the mobile communication terminal, a Media Access Control (MAC) information message including MAC information of the mobile communication terminal for authenticating the mobile communication terminal to a server through the access point; transmitting, by the mobile communication terminal, a WLAN access request message including the MAC information of the mobile communication terminal to the server through a mobile communication network; receiving, by the mobile communication terminal, a WLAN access response message including an authentication result obtained by the server using the MAC information included in each of the MAC information message and the WLAN access request message from the server; and extracting, by the mobile communication terminal, network setting information for connection to the access point from the WLAN access response message if the WLAN access response message is a message allowing the connection to the access point and connecting to the access point using the extracted network setting information.