A method and an apparatus for providing Internet services in Internet marketplaces

摘要

The network node (10) has outer connectors (301-30n) for connection with user terminals (200), and inner connectors (501-50m) for connecting with the Internet provider servers (1001-100m). A converter unit (40) is provided to process the data indicating service requirement from the user terminals to enable the Internet provider servers to provide the Internet service required by the user terminals. An authentication unit (60) decodes the coded information from the user terminals to authorize the provision of Internet services to the user terminals from the Internet provider servers. A connector insertion location (20) is formed between the outer connectors of the network node. The outer connectors are linked to the user terminals through a communications network via Internet servers (150,160). The converter is connected to the inner connectors for transmitting information to the inner connectors and for receiving processed information from the Internet provider servers. An independent claim is included for providing Internet services.