Server assignment device, service providing system and service providing method
OwnerAkira Mineoinventor
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Abstract
Since in a conventional service providing system including shopping service systems, the service servers are selected by the service users so that the service condition cannot be configurable such that certain specific users are eligible to connect to high quality, high performance service servers while other users are not. In accordance with the present invention, in a service providing system including shopping service systems, a facility is provided for selecting one of service servers of different service contents on the basis of the user records of service users.
Claims22
A server assignment device, comprising:
- a user record storage unit for storing user records of service in servers for each service users;
- and
- a connecting unit for connecting one of a plurality of service servers selected in accordance with said user records of the service users upon reception of a connection request from the service users.
A server assignment device, comprising:
- a user record storage unit for storing user records of services in servers for each of service users;
- a server address discriminator unit for allocating the address of one of a plurality of service servers selected in accordance with said user records of the service users, upon reception of a connection request from said service users, to the address of a service servers to be connected.
A server assignment device, comprising:
- a membership grade configuration unit having grades of service users predetermined, indicative of the permission of connecting to one of a plurality of service servers of different service contents;
- a server address discriminator unit for allocating one of a plurality of service servers selected in accordance with said grade of the service users upon reception of a connection request from said service users for the address of a service server to be connected.
A service providing system, comprising:
- a plurality of service servers of different service contents or performance;
- a representative server including:
- a user record storage unit for storing user records of services in said service servers for each of service users,
- a server address discriminator unit for allocating the address of one of said plurality of service servers selected in accordance with said user records of the service users, upon reception of a connection request from said service users, for the address of a service server to be connected, and
- an incentive generating unit for generating incentive information for offering incentive information to invite users to have more services provided;
- wherein:
- said representative server transmits the address of thus allocated address of the service server and said incentive information to said service users;
- said selected service server upon reception of a service request from said service users provides services.
A service providing system, comprising:
- a plurality of service servers of different service contents or performance;
- a representative server including:
- a user record storage unit for storing user records of services in said service servers for each of service users,
- a server address discriminator unit for allocating the address of one of said plurality of service servers selected in accordance with said user records of the service users, upon reception of a connection request from said service users, for the address of a service server to be connected, and
- an incentive generating unit for generating incentive information for offering incentive information to invite users to have more services provided;
- said representative server transmits a commonly shared address of said service servers and said incentive information to said service users;
- said representative server further comprising:
- an address storage unit for storing the correspondence between the address of said service users and the address of said allocated service servers;
- and
- an address translation unit for resolving said allocated address in accordance with said address storage unit upon reception of a connection request from said service users to said commonly shared address in order to route said connection request to said service server having said translated address;
- wherein:
- said selected service server upon reception of a service request from said service users provides services.
A service providing method, for use in a service providing system including a plurality of service servers of different service contents or performance and a representative server, comprising the steps of:
- a first step of allocating an address of said service servers in correspondence with the user record of said service servers, upon reception of a connection request from said service servers to said representative server;
- a second step of transmitting information for offering incentive to invite users to have more services provided;
- and
- a third step of connecting said service users to said allocated service server.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.