System for internet connections, method for calculating connection fees for network connection services, billing system for network connection services, and system for network connection management
First Claim
1. A system for Internet connections, which connects a user terminal to a network, comprising:
- a relaying means for relaying a network connection from a user through an access point;
a monitoring means for monitoring the network connection from the user through the access point; and
a network connection fee calculation means for calculating a network connection fee for the user based on a monitoring result of said monitoring means, wherein said connection fee calculation means comprises;
a line connection fee calculation means for calculating a line connection fee for a line connection made by the user to said access point based on user signal source information, which is provided from a telephone company; and
a charge amount calculation means for calculating a charge amount for the user based on the line connection fee, calculated by said line connection fee calculation means.
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Abstract
A system for Internet connections, which connects a user terminal to a network. The system generally comprises a section for relaying a network connection from a user through an access point, a monitoring section for monitoring the network connection from the user through the access point, and a network connection fee calculation section for calculating a network connection fee for the user based on a monitoring result of the monitoring unit. The connection fee calculation section comprises a line connection fee calculation section for calculating a line connection fee for a line connection made by the user to the access point based on user signal source information, which is provided from a telephone company, and a charge amount calculation section for calculating a charge amount for the user based on the line connection fee, calculated by the line connection fee calculation section.
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33 Claims
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1. A system for Internet connections, which connects a user terminal to a network, comprising:
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a relaying means for relaying a network connection from a user through an access point;
a monitoring means for monitoring the network connection from the user through the access point; and
a network connection fee calculation means for calculating a network connection fee for the user based on a monitoring result of said monitoring means, wherein said connection fee calculation means comprises;
a line connection fee calculation means for calculating a line connection fee for a line connection made by the user to said access point based on user signal source information, which is provided from a telephone company; and
a charge amount calculation means for calculating a charge amount for the user based on the line connection fee, calculated by said line connection fee calculation means. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 32)
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14. A system for Internet connections, which connects a user terminal to a network, comprising:
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a relaying means for relaying a network connection from a user through an access point; and
a monitoring means for monitoring the network connection from the user through the access point; and
a network connection fee calculation means for calculating a network connection fee for the user based on a monitoring result of said monitoring means, wherein the line connection fee from the telephone company is charged to the call-receiving telephone number of said access point, and wherein said line connection fee calculation means calculates the charge amount for the user by multiplying an Internet connection time by a predetermined fixed rate if the line connection fee, the line connection fee being charged from the telephone company to the call-receiving telephone number for calls from the user signal source to said access point, is constant regardless of the distance between the user signal source and the access point.
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15. An Internet connection program product for issuing a command for a computer system to establish a dial-up connection with a predetermined Internet connection access point, comprising:
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storage media;
a command, the command being stored in said a storage medium, by which the computer system determines a line network type used; and
a command, the command being stored in said storage medium, by which the computer system adds a signal source information provision code to a connection target telephone number if the line network type used is a predetermined line network type.
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16. A network connection method for connecting the user terminal to a predetermined network, comprising the steps of:
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(a) calculating the line connection fee for the line connection, the line connection being made by the user to said access point, based on the user signal source information, the user signal source information being provided from a telephone company; and
(b) calculating a charge amount for the user based on the line connection fee, the line connection fee being calculated by said line connection fee calculation means. - View Dependent Claims (17)
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18. A system for network connection management, comprising:
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a monitoring means for monitoring the network connection from the user through the access point; and
a network connection fee calculation means for calculating a network connection fee for the user based on a monitoring result of said monitoring means, wherein the line connection fee from the telephone company is charged to the call-receiving telephone number of said access point, and wherein said connection fee calculation means comprises a network line connection fee calculation means calculates the line connection fee for the user by applying the line connection time of the user to said charge amount calculation patterns. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20, 21, 22)
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23. A system for network connection management, comprising:
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a monitoring means for monitoring the network connection from the user through the access point; and
a network connection fee calculation means for calculating a network connection fee for the user based on a monitoring result of said monitoring means, wherein the line connection fee from the telephone company is charged to the call-receiving telephone number of said access point, and wherein said connection fee calculation means calculates the charge amount for the user by multiplying an Internet connection time by a predetermined fixed rate if the line connection fee, the line connection fee being charged from the telephone company to the call-receiving telephone number for calls from the user signal source to said access point, is constant regardless of the distance between the user signal source and the access point.
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31. A system for Internet connections, which connects a user terminal to a network, comprising:
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means for obtaining signal source information of the user from the telephone company;
a signal source geographical region determination means for determining the signal source geographical region for the user with this signal source information; and
a user signal source geographical information output means for outputting the signal source geographical region, the signal source geographical region determined by this signal source geographical region determination means, in association with the user.
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33. A system for Internet connections, which connects a user terminal to a network, comprising:
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means for assigning an IP address to the user terminal and connecting the user terminal to the Internet;
means for storing user information in association with the user; and
means for outputting the user information to a Web site accessed by the user in response to an output request from the Web site for the user information which indicates the IP address of the user.
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