Access control apparatus and access control method
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1. An access control apparatus which controls connection to a public network from a plurality of user terminals manipulated by unspecified users, comprising:
- means for issuing IDs for specifying users to users of the user terminals;
means for, upon reception of a connection request from one of the user terminals, determining whether a logical address has already been assigned to the requesting user terminal;
means for assigning a logical address for which a time limit is set, to a user terminal not assigned any logical address;
means for, in response to a connection request from the user terminal assigned the logical address, requesting the user terminal serving as a transmission source of the connection request to transmit the ID;
means for determining, on the basis of the ID acquired from the user terminal serving as the transmission source of the connection request, a user and a used user terminal by which the connection request to the public network has been transmitted;
means for connecting the user terminal to the public network when a use time of the logical address assigned to the user terminal serving as the transmission source of the connection request falls within the time limit set for the logical address; and
means for disconnecting the user terminal from the public network when the use time of the logical address assigned to the user terminal connected to the public network reaches the time limit set for the logical address.
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Abstract
An access control apparatus and method limits, to a finite time length, connection of a user terminal to a public network. The user terminal is disconnected from the public network when the use time of the logical address assigned to the user terminal reaches the time limit set for the logical address. The apparatus and method utilizes IDs issued to multiple users and IDs for multiple user terminals, and enables limiting connection to a public network from a user terminal that is connected by a leased circuit.
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6 Claims
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1. An access control apparatus which controls connection to a public network from a plurality of user terminals manipulated by unspecified users, comprising:
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means for issuing IDs for specifying users to users of the user terminals;
means for, upon reception of a connection request from one of the user terminals, determining whether a logical address has already been assigned to the requesting user terminal;
means for assigning a logical address for which a time limit is set, to a user terminal not assigned any logical address;
means for, in response to a connection request from the user terminal assigned the logical address, requesting the user terminal serving as a transmission source of the connection request to transmit the ID;
means for determining, on the basis of the ID acquired from the user terminal serving as the transmission source of the connection request, a user and a used user terminal by which the connection request to the public network has been transmitted;
means for connecting the user terminal to the public network when a use time of the logical address assigned to the user terminal serving as the transmission source of the connection request falls within the time limit set for the logical address; and
means for disconnecting the user terminal from the public network when the use time of the logical address assigned to the user terminal connected to the public network reaches the time limit set for the logical address. - View Dependent Claims (2)
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3. An access control apparatus which controls connection to a public network from a plurality of user terminals manipulated by unspecified users, comprising:
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means for, upon reception of a connection request from one of the user terminals, determining whether a logical address has already been assigned to the requesting user terminal;
means for assigning a logical address for which a time limit is set, to a user terminal not assigned any logical address;
means for acquiring a physical address from the user terminal assigned the logical address;
means for associating the logical address of the user terminal serving as a transmission source of the connection request with information representing use times of the physical address and the logical address of the user terminal;
means for connecting the user terminal to the public network when the use time of the logical address assigned to the user terminal serving as the transmission source of the connection request falls within the time limit set for the logical address; and
means for disconnecting the user terminal from the public network when the use time of the logical address assigned to the user terminal connected to the public network reaches the time limit set for the logical address. - View Dependent Claims (4)
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5. An access control method of controlling connection to a public network from a plurality of user terminals manipulated by unspecified users, comprising the steps of:
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issuing IDs for specifying users to users of the user terminals;
determining, upon reception of a connection request from one of the user terminals, whether a logical address has already been assigned to the requesting user terminal;
assigning a logical address for which a time limit is set, to a user terminal not assigned any logical address;
requesting, in response to a connection request from the user terminal assigned the logical address, the user terminal serving as a transmission source of the connection request to transmit the ID;
determining, on the basis of the ID acquired from the user terminal serving as the transmission source of the connection request, a user and a used user terminal by which the connection request to the public network has been transmitted;
connecting the user terminal to the public network when a use time of the logical address assigned to the user terminal serving as the transmission source of the connection request falls within the time limit set for the logical address; and
disconnecting the user terminal from the public network when the use time of the logical address assigned to the user terminal connected to the public network reaches the time limit set for the logical address.
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6. An access control method of controlling connection to a public network from a plurality of user terminals manipulated by unspecified users, comprising the steps of:
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determining, upon reception of a connection request from one of the user terminals, whether a logical address has already been assigned to the requesting user terminal;
assigning a logical address for which a time limit is set, to a user terminal not assigned any logical address;
acquiring a physical address from the user terminal assigned the logical address;
associating the logical address of the user terminal serving as a transmission source of the connection request with information representing use times of the physical address and the logical address of the user terminal;
connecting the user terminal to the public network when the use time of the logical address assigned to the user terminal serving as the transmission source of the connection request falls within the time limit set for the logical address; and
disconnecting the user terminal from the public network when the use time of the logical address assigned to the user terminal connected to the public network reaches the time limit set for the logical address.
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