Communication System, Line Providing Apparatus And Communication Method

A line providing apparatus in a communication system having a terminal apparatus performing a wireless communication, a line providing apparatus providing a wireless line whose wireless communication area is defined to the terminal apparatus under a first contract with the terminal apparatus and an information service providing apparatus providing an information service to the terminal apparatus over the wireless line provided by the line providing apparatus under a second contract with the terminal apparatus, the line providing apparatus comprising:

• an acceptance processor that accepts a line use request from the terminal apparatus;
• a contract determiner that determines a state of conclusion of the first contract and the second contract, or a combined contract obtained by combining contents of the first contract and the second contract at the terminal apparatus which is a source of the line use request accepted by the acceptance processor;
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• an assistance processor that performs an assisting process for conclusion of a contracts found to be not yet concluded according to a result of determination on the state of conclusion of the first contract, the second contract, or the combined contract by the contract determiner.

A communication method comprising:

• outputting a line use request from a terminal apparatus performing a wireless communication to a line providing apparatus providing a wireless line whose wireless communication area is defined to the terminal apparatus under a first contract with the terminal apparatus;
• accepting the line use request from the terminal apparatus by the line providing apparatus;
• determining a state of conclusion of the first contract with the terminal apparatus which is a source of the accepted line use request, a state of conclusion of a second contract for providing an information service between the terminal apparatus and an information service providing apparatus providing the information service over the wireless line provided by the line providing apparatus, or a state of conclusion of a combined contract obtained by substantially combining contents of the first contract and the second contract;
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• performing an assisting process for a concluding process of a contract found to be not yet concluded according to a result of determination on the state of conclusion of the first contract, the second contract or the combined contract.