| 摘要 |
A method of pre-paid Internet access comprising accessing the Internet using a prepaid account and performing one or more activities while connected to said Internet, which activities modify the balance in addition to the act of access which causes a deduction from the balance of said account. A configuration of a preferred embodiment of the invention is illustrated in Figure 1. When a user computer (12) is to be connected to the Internet (14), the connection is preferably mediated by a pre-paid server (16), which manages the act of connecting user (12) to Internet (14) and also acts to bill the user for the Internet access. Once user (12) is connected to Internet (14), the connection may pass through pre-paid server (16). Alternatively or additionally, the set-up connection may be direct between user (12) and Internet (14).
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