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Information providing system and apparatus and methods therefor

  • US 7,133,142 B2
  • Filed: 07/19/2001
  • Issued: 11/07/2006
  • Est. Priority Date: 07/24/2000
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. An information providing apparatus capable of executing a communication via a network, comprising:

  • registering means for registering one or more terminal and a permission/inhibition of charge, for each user;

    reception means for receiving transmission information to a user from an external terminal;

    decision means for deciding, from the one or more terminal registered for the user by said registering means, a destination terminal of the transmission information received by said reception means;

    selection means for selecting a conversion module which converts a format of the transmission information into a format which matches processing ability of the decided destination terminal;

    designation means for sending the transmission information to the selected conversion module so as to make the selected conversion module convert the transmission information; and

    transferring means for transferring the converted transmission information to the decided destination terminal; and

    inhibiting means for, when a user sets to inhibit charge, inhibiting said selection means from selecting conversion module which accrues charge.

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