Internet accessing system using card readers and dual cards with information pertaining to log on
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1. An Internet accessing apparatus comprising:
- a card interface portion, in which a first information storage card recording an Internet access point telephone number, an ID number of the card holder, and a password of the card holder, and a second information storage card recording a URL information designating the location where the desired homepages are stored, are installed in such a manner as to allow free insertion and removal, and which can read the information recorded on said first and second information storage cards;
a communication interface portion, which automatically originates a call to an Internet access point and connects to a WWW server, based on the information read from said first information storage card;
an information processing portion, which by accessing a WWW server, retrieves and processes the WWW information, based on the information read from said second information storage card;
a media interface portion, which presents said WWW information to the user; and
an operation interface portion for receiving the user'"'"'s operations with respect to said presented information.
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Abstract
An Internet accessing system which allows automatic user login onto the Internet with the use of two cards and card readers. One card contains information about an Internet access point telephone number, the ID number of the user, and the password of the user. The second card contains information about the URL designating the location of the desired startup homepage. Upon insertion of the cards into the card readers, the user is automatically logged onto the Internet.
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1. An Internet accessing apparatus comprising:
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a card interface portion, in which a first information storage card recording an Internet access point telephone number, an ID number of the card holder, and a password of the card holder, and a second information storage card recording a URL information designating the location where the desired homepages are stored, are installed in such a manner as to allow free insertion and removal, and which can read the information recorded on said first and second information storage cards; a communication interface portion, which automatically originates a call to an Internet access point and connects to a WWW server, based on the information read from said first information storage card; an information processing portion, which by accessing a WWW server, retrieves and processes the WWW information, based on the information read from said second information storage card; a media interface portion, which presents said WWW information to the user; and an operation interface portion for receiving the user'"'"'s operations with respect to said presented information. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. An Internet accessing system comprising:
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a card information processing apparatus, in which a first information storage card recording an Internet access point telephone number, an ID number of the card holder, and a password of the card holder, and a second information storage card recording a URL information designating the location where the desired homepages are stored, are employed, and which detects the insertion of said first and second information storage cards, and which activates the system, while reading the information recorded on said first and second information storage cards; a communication processing apparatus, which automatically originates a call to an Internet access point and connects to a WWW server, based on the information read from said first information storage card; an information processing apparatus, which by accessing a WWW server, retrieves and processes the WWW information such as homepages, based on the information read from said second information storage card; a media interface apparatus, which presents said WWW information to the user; and an operation interface apparatus for operating on said presented information. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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19. An Internet accessing method, which employs first and second information storage cards, and which automatically originates a call to an Internet access point and connects to a WWW server, based on the information read from said first information storage card recording an Internet access point telephone number, an ID number of the card holder, and a password of the card holder, and which by accessing a WWW server, retrieves the WWW information, based on the information read from said second information storage card recording a URL information designating the location where the desired homepages are stored, and which presents said WWW information to the user.
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