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Service communication control method, service relaying apparatus, management server, portal server, and service communication control system

  • US 7,860,963 B2
  • Filed: 01/29/2007
  • Issued: 12/28/2010
  • Est. Priority Date: 09/15/2006
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A service communication control method for providing an application service from a service providing device to a service-user terminal via a service relaying apparatus, wherein a management server is located between the service providing device and the service relaying apparatus, and a portal server is located between the service providing device and the service relaying apparatus, the service communication control method comprising:

  • the management server managing communication control programs provided by service providing devices;

    the management server managing users who subscribe to services provided by the service providing devices together with program identification information of the communication control programs necessary for the services;

    the management server reading the communication control program based on the program identification information, and notifying the service relaying apparatus of the communication control program;

    the portal server managing terminal-attribute information of service-user terminals collected by the service relaying apparatus with respect to each of the users;

    the portal server managing service information including the program identification information and use condition required to use the service notified by the service providing device;

    the portal server creating a list of services available for the respective users on the service-user terminals based on the terminal-attribute information and the service information, and displaying the list to allow each user to select a service from the list on the service-user terminal;

    the service relaying apparatus requesting the service providing device to provide a service in response to a request from the service-user terminal; and

    the service relaying apparatus relaying communication between the service providing device and the service-user terminal with a protocol corresponding to the service to provide the service to the service-user terminal, whereinthe service relaying apparatus requesting includes requesting the service providing device to provide the service when the service-user terminal is an authorized service-user terminal,and the service relaying apparatus includesidentifying whether the service-user terminal is an authorized service-user terminal,relaying the communication by one of a plurality of communication control programs that use different protocols for respective service providing devices,specifying the service providing device that has been requested to provide the service to the service-user terminal identified as an authorized service-user terminal; and

    selecting a communication control program from the communication control programs that is necessary for the communication with the service providing device.

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