Gateway system and recording medium
First Claim
1. A gateway system relaying a request from a user for a service provided by another system, the gateway system comprising:
- an authentication unit which receives the request and authenticates the user;
a service request unit which makes the request to said another system on behalf of the user based on a result of an authentication by said authentication unit by accessing said another system via an Internet using a URL specifying said another system, using link information and authentication information corresponding to the requested service; and
an information link unit which incorporates link information concerning the gateway system into link information included in returned data corresponding to the request.
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Abstract
The present invention relates to a gateway system which relays a request from a user for a service provided by another system and to a recording medium therefor. An object of the present invention is to provide a desired information service with a single user ID and password entered on the side of each user by transmitting a request from each user received by a gateway to another desired information provider server or gateway with the user ID and password being converted and by returning a response to the request to the user through a reverse conversion process when the response is received. The gateway system according to the present invention includes a unit which authenticates the user upon receiving the request from the user, a unit which makes the request using link information and authentication information corresponding to the requested service, and a unit which incorporates link information concerning the gateway system into link information included in returned data corresponding to the requested service.
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15 Claims
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1. A gateway system relaying a request from a user for a service provided by another system, the gateway system comprising:
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an authentication unit which receives the request and authenticates the user; a service request unit which makes the request to said another system on behalf of the user based on a result of an authentication by said authentication unit by accessing said another system via an Internet using a URL specifying said another system, using link information and authentication information corresponding to the requested service; and an information link unit which incorporates link information concerning the gateway system into link information included in returned data corresponding to the request. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A computer-readable recording medium:
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having a program which causes a computer to execute the operations of; authenticating a user upon receiving a request for a service from the user; making the request to said another system on behalf of the user based on a result of authenticating the user by accessing said another system via an Internet using a URL specifying said another system, using link information and authentication information corresponding to the requested service; and incorporating link information concerning a gateway system into link information included in returned data corresponding to the request. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A method of relaying a request for a service provided by another system, comprising:
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requesting for the service provided by said another system on behalf of an authenticated user upon receiving the user'"'"'s request including a URL specifying said another system; and accessing said another system using the URL, link information and authentication information corresponding to the requested service and incorporating the link information in data returned to the user.
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