Method and system for providing wireless LAN service using rental digital television

a technology of digital television and wireless lan, which is applied in the field of wireless lan, can solve the problems of difficult to spread digital televisions, low use of wireless lan, and inability to provide services that are not differentiated from services provided by wireless lan technology, and achieve the effect of improving the quality of services provided

US20080141296A1Inactive Publication Date: 2008-06-12JOINON USA
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US · United States
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2008-06-12
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Not applicable · inactive patent

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Abstract

A method and system for providing a wireless LAN service using a rental digital television is provided. When a wireless-LAN-embedded digital television leased to a first user is turned on, the digital television accesses a management authentication server using a service server included in the digital television to determine whether or not the first user is a lease service subscriber. A TV tuner of the digital television is activated if the first user is a lease service subscriber. When a terminal of a second user has accessed an access point of the digital television, the digital television accesses the management authentication server using the service server to determine whether or not the second user is a wireless LAN service subscriber. A wireless LAN service is provided to the terminal of the second user if the second user is a wireless LAN service subscriber.
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BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION

[0001] 1. Field of the Invention

[0002] The present invention relates to a wireless LAN, and more particularly to a method and system for providing a wireless LAN service using a rental digital television.

[0003] 2. Description of the Related Art

[0004] Currently, television broadcasts are changing from analog to digital. Electronic products are also changing from analog to digital. Low-quality media devices are increasingly replaced with high-quality multimedia devices. Although the demand for digital televisions is on the rise in the course of such commercial, social, and cultural changes, it is difficult to spread digital televisions since they are very expensive compared to the demand.

[0005] Wireless LAN is a new technology which attracts a lot of attention recently. Due to the new Intel Centrino technology, wireless LAN cards are installed in many notebook computers and wireless LAN features are added to many portable devices. Despite of this fact, the wirele...

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[0024]Preferred embodiments of the present invention will now be described with reference to the accompanying drawings. The preferred embodiments can be modified to various other forms and the scope of the invention is not limited to the embodiments.

[0025]FIG. 1 illustrates a system for providing a wireless LAN service using a rental digital television according to an embodiment of the invention.

[0026]The invention uses a wireless-LAN-embedded digital television to meet a combination of a demand for a digital television and a demand for more convenient environments for use of a wireless LAN.

[0027]For efficient spread of the wireless LAN, the invention combines a digital television which is a video medium with an access point which is a basic element of the wireless LAN and provides the combined digital television to a wired network subscriber (specifically, a lease service subscriber 110) and provides a method which allows a wireless LAN service subscriber 120 to receive the right t...