Method for accessing home-network using home-gateway and home-portal server and apparatus thereof
First Claim
1. A method for accessing a home-network, in a network system wherein an open Internet Protocol (IP) address is used for an external network and a private IP address is provided for an internal network resource, the method for accessing the home-network comprising the steps of:
- (a) collecting user information and an open IP address from the network system;
(b) authenticating an authorized user, based on the user information and open IP address collected in the step (a); and
(c) providing the open IP address to the user authenticated in the step (b) so that a virtual network between the authenticated user and an internal network resource is established.
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Abstract
A method for accessing a home-network in which a home network system linked to a home-gateway that is accessed in relation to a home-portal service, and an apparatus thereof are provided. The method for accessing to a home-network, in a network access method of a network system wherein an open Internet Protocol (IP) address is used for an external network and a private IP address is provided for an internal network resource, the method for accessing to the home-network has the steps of (a) collecting user information and an open IP address from the network system; (b) authenticating an authorized user, who wants to access an internal network resource, based on the user information and open IP address collected in the step (a); and (c) providing the open IP address to the user authenticated in the step (b) so that a virtual network between the authenticated user and the internal network resource that the user wants to use is built.
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21 Claims
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1. A method for accessing a home-network, in a network system wherein an open Internet Protocol (IP) address is used for an external network and a private IP address is provided for an internal network resource, the method for accessing the home-network comprising the steps of:
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(a) collecting user information and an open IP address from the network system;
(b) authenticating an authorized user, based on the user information and open IP address collected in the step (a); and
(c) providing the open IP address to the user authenticated in the step (b) so that a virtual network between the authenticated user and an internal network resource is established. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A user apparatus for accessing a home-network in a network system having a gateway for mediating internal network resources having private IP addresses and access to the Internet, said gateway having user information and an open IP address, and a home-portal server for communicating authentication data with the user apparatus using the open IP address received in the gateway, wherein the home-portal server comprises:
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an information storage unit for storing user-related information;
an address monitoring unit for collecting user information and open IP addresses from the gateway, then determining whether or not the user information is valid, and storing the open IP address corresponding to the user information in the information storage unit; and
an authentication server unit for referring to user information stored in the information storage unit, in response to an authentication request from the user apparatus, and, if the user is authorized, providing the open IP address stored in the information storage unit to the user apparatus. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 14, 15, 17, 18, 20, 21)
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13. A network system having a gateway for mediating internal network resources having private IP addresses and access to the Internet, a user apparatus for accessing a home-network, and a home-portal server for communicating authentication data with the user apparatus, wherein said gateway has user information and an open IP address, and the home-portal server comprises:
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an information storage unit for storing user-related information;
an address monitoring unit for collecting user information and open IP addresses from the gateway, then determining whether or not the user information is valid, and storing the open IP address corresponding to the user information in the information storage unit; and
an authentication server unit for referring to user information stored in the information storage unit, in response to an authentication request from the user apparatus, and, if the user is authorized, providing the open IP address stored in the information storage unit to the user apparatus.
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16. A home-portal server for communicating authentication data with a user apparatus in a network system having a gateway for mediating internal network resources having private IP addresses and access to the Internet, and said user apparatus for accessing a home-network, wherein said gateway has user information and an open IP address, and the home-portal server comprises:
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an information storage unit for storing user-related information;
an address monitoring unit for collecting user information and open IP addresses from the gateway, then determining whether or not the user information is valid, and storing the open IP address corresponding to the user information in the information storage unit; and
an authentication server unit for referring to user information stored in the information storage unit, in response to an authentication request from the user apparatus, and, if the user is authorized, providing the open IP address stored in the information storage unit to the user apparatus.
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19. A gateway in a network system having a user apparatus for accessing a home-network, and a home-portal server for communicating authentication data with the user apparatus, wherein said gateway has user information and an open IP address, and the home-portal server comprises:
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an information storage unit for storing user-related information;
an address monitoring unit for collecting user information and open IP addresses from the gateway, then determining whether or not the user information is valid, and storing the open IP address corresponding to the user information in the information storage unit; and
an authentication server unit for referring to user information stored in the information storage unit, in response to an authentication request from the user apparatus, and, if the user is authorized, providing the open IP address stored in the information storage unit to the user apparatus.
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