| 摘要 |
<p>There is disclosed a method of granting a candidate device access to a service provided by a service provider in an IP-based communication system, the system comprising service provider apparatus of the service provider and a plurality of service point apparatuses interconnected by the Internet, the service point apparatuses being separate from one another and from the service provider apparatus, the candidate device having a predetermined device identifier unique to that device and not defined by a user of the device stored therein, method comprising: maintaining at the service provider apparatus a record of at least one registered device identifier; obtaining the device identifier of the candidate device from the candidate device via a particular one of the service point apparatuses without the user of the candidate device having to supply that identifier; determining whether the obtained device identifier is a registered device identifier; and if it is determined that the obtained device identifier is such a registered device identifier, granting the candidate device access to said service via said particular one of the service point apparatuses.</p> |
