METHOD FOR COLLECTING AREA CHARGE ON THE INTERNET AND METHOD FOR AUTHENTICATING USER THEREFOR

摘要

PURPOSE: A method for collecting area charge on the Internet and a method for authenticating a user therefor are provided to realize regionally dispersed charge collecting. CONSTITUTION: An Internet connected user requests an Internet contents provider to a charge collecting device, MF router(S1). The charge collecting device searches for user data through a temporary user data table(S2). If the user data does not exist, the charge collecting device searches for user data at an authentication/billing server(S4-S5). If the user data do not exist, the charge collecting device sends guide information and a register form to a user(S7). The user registers user's data at the authentication/billing server and the temporary user data table(S8). The user receives a response to the registration and uses wanted information(S9-S11).