System for providing information using medium indicative of effective term and authorization of charged internet site and settling accounts for use of provided information
First Claim
1. A system providing information and billing for use of the information at a pay Internet site by using an authentication medium showing an effective term and authorization thereof, and charging for use of information by a user at a fixed rate or a fee-for-service rate, and allowing only a user having paid the charge to use the information, between a contents provider (CP) of a pay site providing information over the Internet and a user making an access to the CP'"'"'s Web page to use the information provided, wherein contents providers grouping their sites according to the type of information provided are classified into a plurality of groups (G1˜
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a service gate is provided, said service gate arranging an authentication between each of the contents providers at each group and users; and
the authentication is granted using information generated when a user accesses a service gate through the authentication medium showing an effective term and a license of use granted to the medium and the user having obtained the authorization is allowed to use information from the service gate.
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Abstract
A user accesses the Internet, uses a chargeable service over the Internet and pays for use of the chargeable service. Accordingly, the present invention relates to a system providing information and billing for use of the information provided, using a medium storing therein an effective term and an authorization thereof at a pay site over the Internet, wherein use of the information can be billed and the billed amount is settled in an exact manner, without providing personal information of a client, as an information user. The billing system is characterized in that an authentication medium is bought in advance, and unique authentication information generated by entering hardware information specific to the user'"'"'s computer is transmitted to a service gate and the user is allowed to log in the service gate, and payment for use of the information is transferred to a contents provider from the service gate.
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1. A system providing information and billing for use of the information at a pay Internet site by using an authentication medium showing an effective term and authorization thereof, and charging for use of information by a user at a fixed rate or a fee-for-service rate, and allowing only a user having paid the charge to use the information, between a contents provider (CP) of a pay site providing information over the Internet and a user making an access to the CP'"'"'s Web page to use the information provided, wherein
contents providers grouping their sites according to the type of information provided are classified into a plurality of groups (G1˜ - Gn);
a service gate is provided, said service gate arranging an authentication between each of the contents providers at each group and users; and
the authentication is granted using information generated when a user accesses a service gate through the authentication medium showing an effective term and a license of use granted to the medium and the user having obtained the authorization is allowed to use information from the service gate. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5)
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