System for internet connections, system for providing internet user information, method for providing internet user preference information, and method for distributing digital contents using the internet
First Claim
1. A system for Internet connections, which connects a user to a network, comprising:
- an IP address usage information storage means for storing usage information regarding an IP address in association with the user using the IP address;
an access log recording means for recording an access log for a Web site in association with a IP address; and
an access information output means for referencing the usage information regarding the IP address and the access log for the Web site, to thereby associate and output an address of the Web site and information of the user accessing this Web site.
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Abstract
A system for Internet connections, which connects a user terminal to the network. The system comprises: a terminal server for assigning a predetermined IP address to the user terminal and connecting this user terminal to a request Web site through an Internet network; a certification server for outputting IP address usage information of the user as well as performing a certification for the user who accesses the terminal server; a substitute server, through which the Internet connection is routed when the user terminal is connected to the request Web site in order to record/output an access log for the Web site accessed by the IP address; and an update server for referencing the access log, recorded/output by the substitute server, and the IP address usage information, output by the certification server, to thereby output the Web site in association with the user who accesses this Web site.
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29 Claims
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1. A system for Internet connections, which connects a user to a network, comprising:
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an IP address usage information storage means for storing usage information regarding an IP address in association with the user using the IP address;
an access log recording means for recording an access log for a Web site in association with a IP address; and
an access information output means for referencing the usage information regarding the IP address and the access log for the Web site, to thereby associate and output an address of the Web site and information of the user accessing this Web site. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A system for providing Internet user information, comprising:
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means for storing the user information in association with Web site access information of the user;
means for categorizing and storing information on various Web sites; and
means for referencing said access information and the category information to thereby associate and output the category of the Web site accessed and information of the user who accesses this Web site. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11)
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12. A system for Internet connections, which connects a user terminal to a network, comprising:
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an IP address usage information storage means for storing usage information regarding an IP address in association with a user ID, the user ID using the IP address;
a content storage means for storing contents corresponding to the user preferences in association with the user ID; and
means for extracting contents corresponding to the user preferences from said content storage means and displaying the contents on the user terminal using the IP address.
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13. A method for providing Internet user preference information,
wherein an Internet service provider system obtains a Web site access log for a user of the Internet connection service; - and
the Internet service provider system generates and provides preference information of the user based on this Web site access log.
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14. A method for distributing digital contents using the Internet, comprising the steps of:
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(a) receiving Web site access information of a user of the Internet connection service from the Internet service provider system to thereby generate preference information of the user; and
(b) distributing digital contents corresponding to the preference information to the user.
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15. A system for Internet connections, which connects a user terminal to the network, comprising:
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a terminal server for assigning a predetermined IP address to the user terminal and connecting this user terminal to a request Web site through an Internet network;
a certification server for outputting IP address usage information of the user as well as performing a certification for the user who accesses said terminal server;
a substitute server, through which the Internet connection is routed when the user terminal is connected to said request Web site in order to record/output an access log for the Web site accessed by said IP address; and
an update server for referencing the access log, recorded/output by the substitute server, and said IP address usage information, output by said certification server, to thereby output the Web site in association with the user who accesses this Web site.
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16. A system for Internet connections, which connects a user terminal to the network, comprising:
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means for obtaining user signal source geographical region information;
a content generation means for generating contents according to a signal source geographical region; and
a content distribution means for distributing the contents generated by said content generation means to the user terminal connected to the Internet. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22)
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23. A system for distributing contents to the user terminal, comprising:
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means for obtaining user signal source geographical region information;
a content generation means for generating contents according to the signal source geographical region for the user; and
a content distribution means for distributing the contents, generated by said content generation means, to the user terminal.
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24. 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. - View Dependent Claims (25)
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26. 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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27. A system for distributing contents to the user terminal through the Internet, comprising:
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means for obtaining user signal source geographical region information;
a content generation means for generating contents according to the signal source geographical region for the user; and
a content distribution means for distributing to the user terminal the contents, generated by said content generation means according to said signal source geometrical region.
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28. A method for providing information to an Internet user,
wherein an Internet service provider determines the signal source geographical region for a user of its Internet connection service, generates contents related to this signal source geographical region and provides the contents to the user.
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29. An Internet connection program product for issuing a command to a computer system to establish a dial-up connection with a predetermined Internet connection access point, comprising:
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storage media;
means stored in this storage media for determining a line network type used; and
means stored in said storage media for adding a signal source information provision code to a telephone number used for an Internet connection if a line network type being used is a predetermined line network type.
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Specification