Transfer device

摘要

The user of a mobile station which is prepared to receive information providing services from unspecified IP (Information Providers) accesses a gateway server and performs a pre-registration procedure (S71). When an IP server has information to provide to users, it constructs the information in the form of electronic mail, appends user attribute data, and sends this to the gateway server (S72). Upon receiving electronic mail with attribute data, the gateway server stores the electronic mail in a third mailbox, makes a comparison of the user attributes, and calls the mobile stations of relevant users (S73). A user who has received a call requests a download of the electronic mail from the gateway server (S74). The gateway server sends electronic mail to the mobile station which made the request (S75, S76).

主权项

1. A transfer device for routing information in a communication network between at least one information provider server and a plurality of user terminals which receive information from the information provider server, the transfer device comprising at least one computer and at least one memory which stores programs executable by the at least one computer to:
record information provider server identification information for billing procedure in the at least one memory; after recording the information provider server identification information, receive push-type information from the information provider server and route at least a part of the received push-type information to a user terminal; determine, based on the recorded information provider server identification information, which party to bill for receiving the push-type information by the user terminal, either an information provider of the information provider server or a user of the user terminal; and at least partly bill the party determined to be billed.