KR20060102181A - Method, server and system for providing ap-centered zone based service - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to a method, a server and a system for providing access based around a region.

The present invention includes the steps of: (a) receiving homepage URL registration information from a web server, registering and storing designated URL information in a database, and transmitting the same to a access point to set a start page change URL; (b) receiving an access request signal from a user terminal at an access point; (c) receiving an authentication request signal from the access point and performing an authentication procedure to control the access point to allow access of the user terminal when authentication is successful; (d) if a web browser is executed in the user terminal to receive a connection request from the user terminal to an arbitrary URL, controlling the access point to change the arbitrary URL to a designated URL to connect the user terminal to the designated URL; And (e) outputting the homepage of the designated URL in the user terminal.

According to the present invention, it is possible to easily and easily obtain and utilize the surrounding information, as well as to easily promote new services or region-related information and to provide opportunities for creating new added value.

WLAN, Access Point, Authentication Server, URL Change, Start Page, WLAN, AP

Description

Method for providing AP-centered regional based service, server and system {Method, Server and System for Providing AP-Centered Zone Based Service}

1 is a block diagram schematically illustrating a system for providing a location based service centered on an access point according to an embodiment of the present invention;

2 is a block diagram schematically showing an authentication server according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention;

3 is a flowchart illustrating a method for providing a region-based service centered on an access point according to an embodiment of the present invention;

4 is a diagram illustrating a process of changing an initial access page of a web browser according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention.

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110: user terminal 120: first access point

122: second access point 130: Internet

140: authentication server 150: web server

160: first service area 162: second service area

210: authentication unit 220: billing unit

230: database unit 240: local information provider

250: control unit 410: setting window

The present invention relates to a method, a server and a system for providing an area-based service based on an access point. More specifically, in the case of providing a wireless local area network (WLAN) service, when the web browser is run from a user terminal connected to a specific access point, the initial page of the web browser is set as the start page set in the web browser. The present invention relates to a method, a server, and a system based on an access point for changing a web page specified in an authentication system.

The wireless LAN service refers to a service that provides communication by establishing a network environment from an access point (AP) to each terminal using radio waves without using a wired cable. The WLAN has a feature that can compensate for the weakness of network construction of the existing communication technology. Conventional mobile communication networks have absolute advantages in terms of mobility and transmission coverage, but communication speeds are weaker than wired networks. Bluetooth, on the other hand, is very useful in a few meters of space surrounding a user's workspace, but poor in terms of mobility and coverage. And while wired network is superior in terms of communication speed, physical LAN cabling is essential and mobility is not guaranteed.

As compared with the wireless LAN service and other communication technologies, the WLAN is superior to the wired network in terms of mobility, faster than the mobile communication network in terms of communication speed, and may cover a relatively wider area than Bluetooth. Therefore, due to these advantages, WLAN services are widely used by Internet users, and related technologies are also rapidly being developed.

The WLAN service is classified into a standalone WLAN having a private network and a public WLAN having a public network. Standalone WLANs serve as data relays for access points (APs) to communicate with each other, but are not connected to an external network, whereas public WLANs allow access points to communicate with existing wired networks. It acts as a connection point for clients, connecting not only to clients but also to external networks. In addition, when the wireless client moves to the service area of the new access point, it terminates the existing connection and enables the connection to the new access point.

In general, an Internet user using the Internet accesses the Internet using a public wireless LAN service. In the WLAN service, access points are installed in service areas throughout the country so that users can access wirelessly using a client, that is, a client terminal, and each access point is connected to an authentication server for servicing the WLAN and authenticating a user. . A user accesses an access point installed in a wireless LAN service area using a personal digital assistant (PDA), a laptop, or the like, and uses the Internet through an authentication process of an authentication server.

Meanwhile, in a typical wireless LAN service, an access point installed in a service area transmits a wireless signal in the installed area to induce a client terminal to access the client terminal, and if the client terminal requests a connection, the access point serves as an access point with the client terminal that accepts the request. It does not perform a function that utilizes the local characteristics of the access point.

That is, the access point serves as an access point for a user who is installed in a specific service area and moves to a specific service area to use the Internet in the area. In a typical WLAN service, the access point serves as an access point for communication. The service could not be provided using the local characteristics of the access point.

In order to solve this problem, the present invention, in providing a wireless LAN service, when the web browser is run on a user terminal connected to a specific access point, the initial access page of the web browser is authenticated rather than the start page set in the web browser. The purpose is to provide a method, server, and system for providing access-based region-based services that change to a web page designated to the system.

In order to achieve the above object, the present invention provides a user terminal using a wireless local area network (WLAN) service, an access point (AP) wirelessly connected to the user terminal to allocate an IP (Internet Protocol) address and relay data. A method of providing a wireless LAN service in a system including an access point, an authentication server for checking whether a connection of a user terminal is a connection by a legitimate user, and a web server for providing a homepage to the user terminal, the method comprising: (a) Receiving homepage URL registration information from a web server, registering and storing designated URL information in a database, transmitting the same to a access point, and setting it as a start page change URL; (b) receiving an access request signal from a user terminal at an access point; (c) receiving an authentication request signal from the access point and performing an authentication procedure to control the access point to allow access of the user terminal when authentication is successful; (d) if a web browser is executed in the user terminal to receive a connection request from the user terminal to an arbitrary URL, controlling the access point to change the arbitrary URL to a designated URL to connect the user terminal to the designated URL; And (e) outputting the homepage of the designated URL in the user terminal.

In addition, according to another object of the present invention, in a system for providing a wireless local area network (WLAN) service for connecting a wireless terminal to the Internet, a homepage is connected to the Internet to create and manage a homepage, and the URL of the homepage. A web server for promoting a homepage by registering a WLAN service; A user terminal for outputting a homepage using a web browser by accessing the Internet using a WLAN service and performing web surfing; An authentication server connected to the Internet to receive homepage URL registration information from a web server to generate and register designated URL information, authenticate a user terminal, and charge a fee for using a WLAN service of the user terminal; And when the terminal receives a request for access to a wireless LAN service from the user terminal through a wireless connection with the user terminal and is connected to the Internet, and receives a request from the user terminal to access a random URL after the connection is completed, the user terminal is included in the designated URL information. It provides an access point-centric region-based service providing system comprising an access point connecting to a specified designated URL.

In addition, according to another object of the present invention, an access point (AP) for wirelessly connecting to a user terminal using a wireless local area network (WLAN) service, assigning an IP (Internet Protocol) address and relaying data Point) and a web server providing a homepage to a user terminal and an authentication server connected to the Internet to check whether the user of the user terminal is a legitimate user and to charge a fee for using a WLAN service. An authentication unit for authenticating a user using authentication data received from the user terminal; A charging unit configured to charge a fee based on the usage of the wireless LAN service of the user terminal after successful authentication by the authentication unit; A database unit for storing information about an access point including service subscriber information and designated URL information used for authenticating a user for each access point; A local information provider for generating designated URL information using the homepage URL registration information received from the web server, storing the designated URL information, and storing the designated URL information in a database; And connected with the authentication unit, the charging unit, the database unit, and the local information providing unit to control each other, perform communication with the outside, and transmit the designated URL information to the access point to allow the access point to access an arbitrary URL from the user terminal. When the request is received, and provides an access point-centric region-based service providing server comprising a control unit for connecting the user terminal to a specified URL.

Hereinafter, exemplary embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. First of all, in adding reference numerals to the components of each drawing, it should be noted that the same reference numerals are used as much as possible even if displayed on different drawings. In addition, in describing the present invention, when it is determined that the detailed description of the related well-known configuration or function may obscure the gist of the present invention, the detailed description thereof will be omitted.

1 is a block diagram schematically illustrating a system for providing a region-based service centered on an access point according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.

 According to an embodiment of the present invention, an access point-oriented area-based service providing system includes a user terminal 110, an access point (AP) 120 and 122, an internet 130, an authentication server 140, and a web. Server 150.

The user terminal 110 is wirelessly connected to the access points 120 and 122 to access the Internet 130 using the access point, and to the web server 150 connected through the Internet 130 to access the web server 150. Computer to output the data received from the screen.

To this end, the user terminal 110 uses a wireless LAN card for performing wireless communication with the access points 120 and 122, an access program for accessing the access points 120 and 122, and a web server 150 through the Internet 130. A memory for storing a web browser program for outputting a web page provided by the web server 150 to a screen provided with the web server 150 and an operation for controlling the overall operation of the user terminal 110. And a control unit including a microprocessor for performing the operation, an input / output unit such as a keyboard and a mouse for receiving data from a user, a monitor for outputting data, and an output unit such as a liquid crystal screen.

The user terminal 110 may be a mobile computer such as a laptop (Lap Top) or a notebook or a portable terminal such as a PDA (Personal Digital Assistant) in a personal computer (PC).

The access points 120 and 122 are wirelessly connected to the user terminal 110 and connected to the Internet 130 to allow the user terminal 110 to access the authentication server 140 through the Internet 130 to perform authentication. And receiving the designated URL information from the authentication server 140 to set the start page change URL, and when a web browser program is executed in the user terminal 110 to receive a connection request from the user terminal 110 to an arbitrary URL, authentication is performed. The user terminal 110 is connected and connected to the designated URL received from the server 140.

To this end, the access points 120 and 122 may wirelessly connect to the user terminal 110 to relay data transmitted and received between the wireless LAN access unit, which is a physical interface capable of performing communication, and the user terminal 110 and the Internet 130. A data transmission unit for transmitting the data, an Ethernet connection unit for accessing the Internet 130, an authentication processing unit for transferring data used in the authentication procedure between the user terminal 110 and the authentication server 140, and a floating IP ( DHCP (Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol) processing unit for allocating an Internet Protocol (IP) address.

The Internet 130 includes various services existing in the TCP / IP protocol and its upper layers, namely, Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP), Telnet, File Transfer Protocol (FTP), Domain Name System (DNS), and Simple Mail Transfer Protocol (SMTP). , A global open computer network architecture that provides the Simple Network Management Protocol (SNTP), Network File Service (NFS) and Network Information Service (NIS).

The authentication server 140 is implemented as a network server to perform an authentication procedure for analyzing whether authentication data received from the user terminal 110 through the access points 120 and 122 is a legitimate user connection request, and to perform authentication. In case of success, the user terminal 110 permits the use of the wireless LAN service and tracks and manages the wireless LAN service usage status of the user terminal 110 to charge a usage fee.

In addition, the authentication server 140 manages and stores information about the access points 120 and 122 as a database. In FIG. 1, for convenience of description, only the first access point 120 and the second access point 122 are illustrated as the access points 120 and 122, but in fact, a plurality of access points may be installed in various places. The authentication server 140 manages a database of information about the access point in order to manage all access points connected to it. The information on the access point includes an IP address of the access point, location information on which the access point is installed, and designated URL information. Include.

In the present invention, the designated URL information is URL information designated to change the initial access page of the web browser from the set start page to the designated web page when the web browser is driven in the user terminal 110.

The present invention is directed to providing region-based services using the regional characteristics of access points (120, 122). That is, when a user accesses the access points 120 and 122 of a specific region using the user terminal 110 and then runs a web browser, the web may be promoted to promote businesses around the region in which the access points 120 and 122 are installed. The initial access page of the browser is changed to the homepage of the company to be output to the user terminal 110.

To this end, the authentication server 140 is linked with a company located in the vicinity of the region in which the access point 120, 122 is installed and the URL information of the web page for the promotion of the company and the access point (120, 122) installed in the region; Correspondingly stored in the database and sent to the access point. That is, for example, assuming that an access point is installed in a world cup stadium, a web page for promoting a company with a predetermined fee from a company performing a service business around the world cup stadium (large discount stores, department stores, telecommunications operators, etc.) That is, the URL information of the homepage of the company is selected as the start page change URL of the access point, stored in the database for each access point, and the stored designated URL information is transmitted to the access point.

The web server 150 is a plurality of computer systems or computer software implemented as a conventional network server, and configures and provides various information as a web page. In addition, the web server 150 is a server that provides a homepage of a company to promote itself by using an access point-oriented area-based service by sending a homepage URL registration information to the authentication server 140 and requesting registration.

Here, a network server is a computer system that is connected to a subordinate device that can communicate with other network servers through a computer network such as a private intranet or the Internet, and receives a task execution request and performs a task to provide a result of the task. And computer software (network server program). However, in addition to such a network server program, it should be understood as a broad concept including a series of applications running on a network server and in some cases various databases built therein. Such a network server may be implemented using a network server program that is variously provided according to an operating system such as DOS, Windows, Linux, UNIX, or Macintosh.

2 is a block diagram schematically illustrating an authentication server 140 according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention.

The authentication server 140 according to the preferred embodiment of the present invention includes an authentication unit 210, a charging unit 220, a database unit 230, a local information providing unit 240, and a control unit 250.

The authenticator 210 performs an authentication procedure for confirming whether the user is a legitimate user using the authentication data received from the user terminal 110 through the access points 120 and 122.

The charging unit 220 tracks the wireless LAN service usage status of the user terminal 110 and charges the usage fee when the authentication unit 210 succeeds in authenticating the user terminal 110.

The database unit 230 stores service subscriber information for authenticating a user, including a database server and a database, and information on the access point for each of the access points 120 and 122 connected to the authentication server 140. The URL information of the designated web page is included in the information about the access points 120 and 122 as described with reference to FIG. 2.

The local information provider 240 receives designated URL information for each of the access points 120 and 122 from an administrator through a key input unit provided therein, or receives and specifies homepage URL registration information from the web server 150 through the Internet 130. It is registered as a URL, stored in the database unit 230, and transmitted to the corresponding access points 120 and 122.

The control unit 250 is connected to the authentication unit 210, the charging unit 220, the database unit 230 and the local information providing unit 240 to control each of the authentication server by performing communication with each component and the outside The server 140 performs user authentication and billing of the usage fee, and provides a region-based service centered on the access points 120 and 122.

3 is a flowchart illustrating a method for providing region-based service centered on an access point according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.

When the authentication server 140 receives the URL registration request signal together with the URL information of the homepage from the web server 150 to the access point 120 or 122 of the specific region (S302), the authentication server 140 serves the corresponding region stored in the database unit 230. The URL information of the homepage is registered and stored as the designated URL information in the information about the access points 120 and 122 (S304), and the designated URL information is transmitted to the access points 120 and 122 to request the setting (S306). .

The access points 120 and 122 which have received the designated URL information from the authentication server 140 set the received designated URL information as the start page change URL and store it in the memory (S308). In the present invention, the start page change URL is a setting URL for connecting the user terminal 110 to the designated URL by changing the arbitrary URL to the designated URL when a request for access to the arbitrary URL is received from the user terminal 110. In the present invention, when the user terminal 110 accesses the access point (120, 122) that the designated URL is set, the URL of the start page is changed, but the access point when the user registers his service subscription information when joining the WLAN service The start page URL of the user may be set not to be changed by deactivating the central region-based service or by deactivating the 'notification message reception' part in the access program installed in the user terminal 110.

On the other hand, a user executes an access program installed in the user terminal 110 using a user interface (UI) of the user terminal 110 in the first service area 160 and inputs when joining the WLAN service. After inputting authentication data including a service ID and a password, and selecting connection, the user terminal 110 transmits a connection request signal to the first access point 120 together with authentication data according to a predetermined algorithm of the access program. By using the transmission request for the use of the WLAN service (S310).

The first access point 120 receiving the authentication data and the access request signal transmits the authentication request signal to the authentication server 140 together with the authentication data received from the user terminal 110 through the Internet 130. Request for authentication (110) (S312).

Upon receiving the authentication request signal together with the authentication data, the authentication server 140 compares the authentication data with the service subscriber information stored in the database unit 230 and performs an authentication procedure for confirming whether or not it is a legitimate user's use request (S314). .

When the authentication server 140 performs the authentication procedure in step S314, when authentication fails, the authentication server 140 transmits an authentication failure signal to the access point 120 (S316), and the access point 120 that receives the authentication failure signal is a user. The access rejection signal is transmitted to the terminal 110 to notify the authentication failure (S318).

In addition, when the authentication server 140 performs authentication in step S314, if authentication is successful, the authentication server 140 transmits an authentication success signal to the access point 140 (S320), and the access point 120 receiving the authentication success signal is a user. The connection permission signal is transmitted while allocating an IP address to the terminal 110 (S322).

The user terminal 110, which is assigned an IP address from the first access point 120 and receives the access permission signal, can then perform communication as one of the networks connected to the Internet 130.

A user executes a web browser installed on the user terminal 110 connected to the Internet 130 to connect the user terminal 110 to a specific web server (not shown) to display a web page provided by the specific web server (not shown). Make output In general, a web browser is set with a start page to be output after first accessing the web browser.

When the web browser is executed, the user terminal 110 accesses the URL of the set start page, receives a web page provided by a specific web server (not shown) of the URL, and outputs the web page through the web browser. That is, when a user executes a web browser installed in the user terminal 110, the user terminal 110 requests an arbitrary URL connection with arbitrary URL information to request an access to the arbitrary URL to the first access point 120. The signal is transmitted (S324).

The first access point 120 receiving the arbitrary URL connection request signal together with the arbitrary URL information from the user terminal 110 changes the arbitrary URL information into the designated URL received from the authentication server 140 in step S306. In operation S326, a web page of the designated URL is transmitted to the user terminal 110 by connecting to the designated URL through the Internet 130 (S328).

The user terminal 110 connected to the web server 150 through the Internet 130 receives data about the home page from the web server 150 and outputs the home page on a screen provided through the web browser.

4 is a diagram illustrating a process of changing an initial access page of a web browser according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention.

4A illustrates an example of attempting to connect by executing an access program in the user terminal 110. When the user executes the access program in the user terminal 110, inputs authentication data including an ID and password, and selects a connection, the user terminal 110 accesses the access points 120 and 122 according to a predetermined algorithm of the access program. Connect to

4B illustrates an example in which the user terminal 110 accesses the access points 120 and 122. When the user attempts to connect as shown in 4A, the user terminal 110 transmits authentication data and a connection request signal to the access points 120 and 122, and the access points 120 and 122 relay the authentication data to the authentication server 140. In addition, the authentication server 140 performs an authentication procedure using the authentication data and if the authentication is successful, the user terminal 110 receives an IP address from the access points 120 and 122.

4C exemplarily illustrates a state in which an arbitrary URL is set as a start page in a web browser of the user terminal 110. Typically, a web browser includes a menu for setting a start page to set a page to be initially accessed when it is started. A user sets a web site that he frequently visits as a start page in the setting window 410 to access a set start page when a web browser is driven.

4D exemplarily illustrates a state in which a web page of a designated URL is output to a web browser of the user terminal 110. If the first service area 160 serviced by the first access point 120 is located near the trade center and the service company of the region, Hyundai Department Store requests the authentication server to register the designated URL and then the homepage URL of the Hyundai Department Store Trade Center store. Assuming that "https://www.ehyundai.com/home/branch/department_main.jsp?BRANCH_IDX=220" is registered with the specified URL, as shown in 4C, "http: //" www.naver.com "is set, but the homepage of the trade center, the branch of Hyundai Department Store, is printed.

If the second service area 162 serviced by the second access point 122 is around Seoul Station, the Korea Express Line, a service company in the area, requests the authentication server 140 to register the designated URL and then the homepage URL of the Korea Express Line. Assuming that "https://ktx.korail.go.kr" is registered with the designated URL, the user moves from the first service area 162 to the second service area 162 and the second access point 122 After accessing the web browser and running the web browser, the homepage of the Korea Express Railway is displayed on the web browser.

That is, when the user subscribes to the WLAN service, the user terminal does not deactivate the item of the region-based service centered on the access point, or does not deactivate the 'receive notification message' portion in the access program installed in the user terminal 110. Regardless of the start page set in the web browser installed at 110, the user terminal 110 connects to the designated URL set in the access points 120 and 122 to which the user is connected, and the web page of the designated URL is output to the web browser.

The above description is merely illustrative of the technical idea of the present invention, and those skilled in the art to which the present invention pertains may make various modifications and changes without departing from the essential characteristics of the present invention. Therefore, the embodiments disclosed in the present invention are not intended to limit the technical idea of the present invention but to describe the present invention, and the scope of the technical idea of the present invention is not limited by these embodiments. The protection scope of the present invention should be interpreted by the following claims, and all technical ideas within the equivalent scope should be interpreted as being included in the scope of the present invention.

As described above, according to the present invention, by using a local characteristic of an access point, by providing various information such as information around the area to a user who uses a WLAN service in a specific area, It is possible to acquire and utilize the surrounding information simply and easily, and to promote the new service, the business related information or the local related information to the operators around the area, and provide the WLAN service providers with the opportunity to create new value added. Can provide.

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A user terminal using a wireless local area network (WLAN) service, an access point (AP) for wirelessly connecting to the user terminal, assigning an IP (Internet Protocol) address and relaying data, and an access point of the user terminal. Claims [1] A method for providing the WLAN service in a system including an authentication server for checking whether a connection is a connection by a legitimate user and a web server for providing a home page to the user terminal. (a) receiving homepage URL registration information from the web server, registering and storing designated URL information in a database, and transmitting the designated URL information to the access point to control the access point to set a start page change URL; ; (b) receiving a connection request signal from the user terminal at the access point; (c) receiving an authentication request signal from the access point and performing an authentication procedure to control the access point to allow access of the user terminal when authentication is successful; (d) when a web browser is executed in the user terminal and receives a request for access to an arbitrary URL from the user terminal, causing the access point to change the arbitrary URL to the designated URL to display the web page of the designated URL; Controlling to transmit to a user terminal; And (e) outputting the home page of the designated URL in the user terminal; Method of providing a region-based service centered on the access point comprising a. The method of claim 1, wherein step (a) comprises: (a1) receiving a URL registration request signal together with the homepage URL registration information from the web server; (a2) generating the designated URL information using the homepage URL registration information and registering and storing the designated URL information in the database; (a3) transmitting the designated URL information to the access point; And (a4) setting, by the access point, a designated URL included in the designated URL information as the start page change URL; Method of providing a region-based service centered on the access point comprising a. The method of claim 2, wherein step (a2) comprises: The access point is selected using the service location information included in the homepage URL registration information, and the designated URL information is generated by setting the URL of the homepage included in the homepage URL registration information as the designated URL. And storing the information in the information about the access point stored in the database.   The method of claim 1, wherein step (d) (d1) executing the web browser on the user terminal to transmit an arbitrary URL access signal with arbitrary URL information to the access point; (d2) the access point receiving the arbitrary URL access signal changing the arbitrary URL included in the arbitrary URL information to the designated URL; And (d3) the access point transmitting a web page of the designated URL to the user terminal Method of providing a region-based service centered on the access point comprising a. The method of claim 1, The region-based service providing method centered on the access point, When the user subscribes to the wireless LAN service, if the user deactivates the region-based service item centered on the access point or deactivates the 'Notification Message Receive' portion in the access program installed in the user terminal, the arbitrary URL may be changed. And the user terminal outputs the web page of the arbitrary URL to the web browser without changing to the designated URL. In a system for providing a wireless local area network (WLAN) service for connecting a wireless terminal to the Internet, A web server connected to the Internet to generate and transmit a homepage URL registration signal to register a homepage URL (Uniform Resource Locator) with the WLAN service to promote the homepage; A user terminal for outputting the homepage using a web browser by accessing the Internet using the WLAN service and performing web surfing; An authentication server connected to the Internet to receive homepage URL registration information from the web server, generate and register designated URL information, authenticate the user terminal, and charge a fee for using the WLAN service of the user terminal; And The user terminal is wirelessly connected to the user terminal and connected to the Internet, and receives a request for access to the WLAN service from the user terminal, and receives a request to access a URL from the user terminal after the connection is completed. Access point that connects to the designated URL included in the designated URL information. Access point-centric region-based service providing system comprising a. The method of claim 6, wherein the web server, Generating the homepage URL registration information including the URL information of the homepage and service area information for registering the URL of the homepage and transmitting the generated homepage URL registration information to the authentication server to register the URL of the homepage in the WLAN service; Point-based, area-based service delivery system. The method of claim 6, wherein the authentication server, Access point-oriented region-based service providing system, characterized in that for storing the information about the access point in a database for each access point. The method of claim 6, wherein the authentication server, The designated URL information is generated by selecting an access point installed in the service area designated by the service area information included in the homepage URL registration information as the access point and setting the URL of the homepage included in the homepage URL registration information as the designated URL. Access point-oriented region-based service providing system, characterized in that. The method of claim 6, wherein the authentication server, When the user of the user terminal subscribes to the WLAN service, the item for the access point-oriented area-based service is deactivated or the 'Notification Message Received' part is deactivated in the access program installed in the user terminal. And if the access point connects the user terminal requesting access to the arbitrary URL to the arbitrary URL without connecting to the designated URL. The method of claim 6, wherein the access point,  And an access point-centered area-based service providing system, when the first connection request from the user terminal is requested after the connection is completed. An access point (AP) for wirelessly connecting to a user terminal using a wireless local area network (WLAN) service, assigning an IP (Internet Protocol) address and relaying data, and providing a homepage to the user terminal. An authentication server connected to a web server through the Internet to check whether the user of the user terminal is a legitimate user, and to authenticate and charge a fee for using the wireless LAN service. An authentication unit for authenticating the user using authentication data received from the user terminal using the access point; A charging unit configured to charge the fee according to the use by tracking the wireless LAN service usage status of the user terminal when authentication by the authentication unit is successful; A database unit for storing information about the access point including service subscriber information and designated URL information used for authentication of the user for each of the access points; A local information provider for generating the designated URL information using the homepage URL registration information received from the web server, storing the designated URL information, and storing the specified URL information in the database unit; And It is connected to the authentication unit, the charging unit, the database unit and the local information providing unit to control each, perform communication with the outside, and transmit the designated URL information to the access point to cause the access point to the user terminal. Control unit for connecting the user terminal to the specified URL when receiving a request to access a certain URL from the Access point-based region-based service providing server comprising a. The method of claim 12, wherein the database unit, And access information center-based service providing server for storing information about the access point in a database for each access point. The method of claim 12, wherein the area information providing unit,  An access point installed in a service area specified in service area information included in the homepage URL registration information received from the web server is selected as the access point, and the URL of the homepage included in the homepage URL registration information is set as the designated URL. Thereby generating the designated URL information. The method of claim 12, wherein the control unit, When the user of the user terminal deactivates the item for the region-based service centered on the access point when subscribing to the wireless LAN service or when the 'Notification Message Receive' part is deactivated in the access program installed in the user terminal. And controlling the access point to connect the user terminal requesting access to the arbitrary URL to the arbitrary URL without connecting to the designated URL.

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