Patent ID: 7133142
Filing Date: 2006-11-07
Classification: H04L,H04N

Abstract:
1. An information providing apparatus capable of executing a communication via a network, comprising: registering means for registering one or more terminal and a permission/inhibition of charge, for each user; reception means for receiving transmission information to a user from an external terminal; decision means for deciding, from the one or more terminal registered for the user by said registering means, a destination terminal of the transmission information received by said reception means; selection means for selecting a conversion module which converts a format of the transmission information into a format which matches processing ability of the decided destination terminal; designation means for sending the transmission information to the selected conversion module so as to make the selected conversion module convert the transmission information; and transferring means for transferring the converted transmission information to the decided destination terminal; and inhibiting means for, when a user sets to inhibit charge, inhibiting said selection means from selecting conversion module which accrues charge.