System and a method for accessing services
First Claim
1. A system for transferring information, said system comprising computer networks to which at least one computer is connected, routers or switches between the computer networks so as to provide communications between the computer networks, user interfaces connected to the computer networks through a router or switch of a connection provider, each of the computers connected to the computer networks having an identifier from which it is possible to identify the transmitting and receiving computer, router controller servers having a connection to at least one desired router or switch, the user thereof having access to various addresses in an address space of the computer network router or switch, the access right thereof being defined in accordance with a table, wherein the user has, during the connection to the router or switch and the router controller server, a right to change at least one allowed access right of the address space defining the table.
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Abstract
A terminal (1, 2) connected to the public telephone network PSTN has access to the Internet-connecting node by dialling a service number. In the access node the server gives the terminal a temporary IP-address and sets up the connection to the area network (15) or to the worldwide Internet (11) offering chargeable services. In order to bind the A-number and the IP-address to each other and thus bill the user for the chargeable services the procedure is as follows: when setting up the connection to the service number, the telephone exchange (4), containing the intelligent network switching functions, informs the intelligent network Service Control Point (SCP) (14) of both the user'"'"'s (1 or 2 ) A-number and the device location identification (C′) of the telephone exchange (4) from which the connection has been setup to the router (6) entry point in the access node. The entry point is given the same identification (C′) as the device location connected to the point, and a message is sent to SCP containing the temporary address given to the terminal for the connection time as well as the router (6) entry point identification. In SCP the billing program binds to each other the A-number and the terminal'"'"'s temporary IP-address having the same device location identification and router entry point identification. The intelligent network database has the data of the providers of chargeable services, which data include at least their IP-addresses. When the terminal is connected to the chargeable service, the local area net server informs the IP-address of the service and the IP-address of the terminal to the Service Control Point (SCP).
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- 1. A system for transferring information, said system comprising computer networks to which at least one computer is connected, routers or switches between the computer networks so as to provide communications between the computer networks, user interfaces connected to the computer networks through a router or switch of a connection provider, each of the computers connected to the computer networks having an identifier from which it is possible to identify the transmitting and receiving computer, router controller servers having a connection to at least one desired router or switch, the user thereof having access to various addresses in an address space of the computer network router or switch, the access right thereof being defined in accordance with a table, wherein the user has, during the connection to the router or switch and the router controller server, a right to change at least one allowed access right of the address space defining the table.
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11. A system for transferring information, said system comprising
computer networks to which at least one computer is connected, routers or switches between the computer networks providing communications between the computer networks, analog subscriber subscriptions of a switched network connected to the computer networks, which are connected to a corresponding router or switch, each of the computers connected to the network having an identifier from which it is possible to identify the transmitting and receiving computer, router controllers having a connection to the router or switch which is closest to the local network of the service provider through which a user has access to services, and by means of which the access rights of the routers or switches to certain address are changed such that as the user contacts the router controller and announces his/her willingness to access a certain address, the user'"'"'s rights to access addresses in the router or switch becomes changed accordingly.
- 12. A routing table comprising information indicative of user IP addresses, information indicative of the addresses of router or switch segments and information indicative of the user'"'"'s current status to access addresses through which segment the user is able to establish connections and through which segment the user is not able to establish connections, the information indicative of the user'"'"'s current status to access addresses being selectively alterable by the user.
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14. A method for transferring information in a system comprising computer networks to which at least one computer is connected, routers or switches between the computer networks providing communications between the computer networks, user interfaces associated with the computer networks, said user interfaces being connected to a corresponding router or switch, each of the computers having an identifier from which it is possible to identify the transmitting and receiving computer, and router controller servers having a connection to the router or switch by means of which it is possible to change the access rights of the routers or switches to certain addresses, said method comprising the steps of:
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contacting the router or switch, contacting the router controller server, announcing an information about the desired address space through the user connection, changing the access right criteria of the number space defined by a table in response to the information, and registering the change. - View Dependent Claims (15)
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- 16. A system for changing router or switch access rights in a system comprising computer networks to which at least one computer is connected, routers or switches between the computer networks providing communications between the computer networks, user interfaces connected to the computer networks through a router or switch of a connection provider, each of the computers connected to the networks having an identifier from which it is possible to identify the transmitting and receiving computer, router controller servers having a connection to at least one desired router or switch, a user of which having access to various addresses in an address space of the computer network router or switch, the access right thereof being defined in accordance with a table, the user having, during the connection to the router or the switch and the router controller server, a right to change at least one allowed access right of the address space defined in the table, in which system a client program is retrieved from the router controller server to the user'"'"'s computer, the user computer communicating by means of the client program with the router controller server, the server providing the alternatives for number spaces, the user selecting a desired number space, the server updating IP fire wall information of the router or the switch, the updating information being selectively transmitted to a billing system from the used IP address space, and the connection to the router controller server being closed after the change.
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