Method and data processing ssytem for timing the duration of a session
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Abstract
A method of timing the duration of a session during a connection between a user station and a chargeable zone of an Internet site, during which session the user station can access chargeable data and/or services of the site without disconnecting from the Internet, the method comprising: loading a monitoring program into the user station for execution throughout the duration of the session, said monitoring program being configures, while it is being executed, to send information relating to the state of the connection to a time-metering server, said information being renewed periodically throughout the session.
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Citations
169 Claims
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1-102. -102. cancelled.
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103. A method of timing the duration of a session during a connection between a user station and a chargeable zone of an Internet site, during which session the user station can access at least one of chargeable data and chargeable services of the site without disconnecting from the Internet, the method comprising:
loading a monitoring program into the user station for execution throughout the duration of the session, said monitoring program being configured, while it is being executed, to send information relating to the state of the connection to a time-metering server, said information being renewed periodically throughout the session. - View Dependent Claims (104, 105, 106, 107, 108, 109, 110, 111, 112, 113, 114, 115, 116, 117, 118, 119, 120, 121, 122, 123, 124, 125, 126, 127, 128, 129, 130, 131, 132, 133, 134, 135, 136, 137, 138, 139, 140, 141, 142, 143, 144, 145, 146, 147, 148, 149, 150, 151, 152, 153, 154)
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155. A method of enabling a data medium to be used on an appliance, the data medium being configured in such a manner as to prevent at least part of it from being used independently of the appliance being in connection with a chargeable zone of an Internet site, comprising:
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enabling the appliance to be connected to the chargeable zone of the Internet site;
metering the duration of the connection; and
enabling the medium to be used throughout the time the appliance is connected to the chargeable zone. - View Dependent Claims (156)
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- 157. A computer program referred to as a monitoring program for use during connection of a user station to a chargeable zone of an Internet site in order to time the duration of a session during which the user station can access to least one of chargeable data and chargeable services of the site without disconnection from the Internet, the program being configured so that once loaded into said user station it executes during a chargeable session, said monitoring program being configured so that on execution it sends information relating to the state of the connection to a time-metering server, said information being renewed periodically during the session.
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165. A data processing system including:
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means for accessing a data processing network which users and at least one of chargeable content and chargeable service providers can log onto, and memory means for storing account details of each user, which data processing system enables a user listed by the system and who has been identified to access chargeable data or services of at least one of a content and a service provider without having to specify means of payment directly to said at least one of content and service provider and determines the duration of access by the user to the at least of one content and service provider and possibly the quantity of chargeable data consulted or transferred and possibly the services consumed by the user and debits the account of the user by a corresponding amount, possibly depending on the nature of said data or services. - View Dependent Claims (166, 167, 168, 169)
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