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INFORMATION SERVICE SYSTEM, INFORMATION SERVICE PARTICIPATION MANAGEMENT APPARATUS, INFORMATION SERVICE PROVIDING APPARATUS, AND RECORDING MEDIUM

  • US 20010011273A1
  • Filed: 06/30/1998
  • Published: 08/02/2001
  • Est. Priority Date: 09/22/1997
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. An information service system where an information service providing apparatus and a client apparatus for participating in an information service provided by the information service providing apparatus are connected by network, comprising:

  • means for transmitting identification information for participating in the information service to the client apparatus in compliance with a request for registration therefrom;

    means for storing participation history information including the identification information transmitted to the client apparatus and information on permission/rejection of participation in the information service by the identification information;

    means for storing the identification information which is permitted to participate in the information service;

    means for judging whether the identification information transmitted from the client apparatus for the purpose of making a request for participation in the information service is stored or not;

    means for notifying the client apparatus of the permission on provisional participation by the identification information in the case where the identification information is not stored;

    means for storing participation behavior information which shows the condition of participation in the information service by the identification information in the predetermined provisional participation period;

    means for deciding permission/rejection of official participation in the information service by the identification information based on the participation behavior information; and

    means for notifying the client apparatus of the permission/rejection of the participation.

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