US 2002/0154643 A1 · Network communication service control apparatus

Abstract

An information service controlling apparatus distributes service provided by a service provider based on subscriber authentication information that is authenticated by the service provider to multiple users who use the service control apparatus. The information service controlling apparatus includes a data section that contains user authentication information. The information service controlling apparatus performs a control on the use of service by referring to the user authentication information in the data section thereof and rewriting an originating address or a destination address of data packet that is used for transmission and reception of the service. The information service controlling apparatus manages the user authentication information for the users who use the service in association with the data of the service provider to which the information service controlling apparatus subscribes.

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Dependent claims

An information service controlling apparatus comprising:

a connection section connected to a plurality of user terminals for performing data communications;
a communication section that performs data communication with a service provider through the Internet;
and
a processing section that receives a first data packet sent from a first one of the plurality of user terminals to the service provider for receiving service provided by the service provider, rewrites a sender address assigned to the first one of the plurality of user terminals which sends the first data packet to another address assigned to the information service controlling apparatus, and sends the first data packet to the service provider.

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An information service controlling method comprising the steps of:

receiving by a communication service control apparatus a first data packet that is sent from a first user terminal to a service provider for receiving service provided by the service provider;
rewriting a first ID described in the first data packet that is assigned to the first user terminal to a second ID assigned to the communication service control apparatus, and sending the first data packet to the service provider;
receiving a second data packet that is sent from the service provider to the second ID;
and
rewriting a forwarding address of the second data packet from the second ID to the first ID, and sending the second data packet to the first user terminal.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Network communication service control apparatus

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Abstract

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