Patent ID: 7363363
Filing Date: 2008-04-22
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
1. A service provisioning system for providing remote access to digital services over a communication network, comprising: a plurality of client devices connected to said communications network for requesting digital services by users and presenting output from said digital services to said user; a plurality of service centers for providing said digital services, each of said digital services generating content to be presented by said client devices to said user, the plurality of service centers respectively receiving commands input to said client devices by said users; and a network operation center connected to said communications network for receiving requests for the digital services provided by the plurality of service centers, the network operation center configured to authenticate a client device and/or user requesting a digital service, the network operation center notifying a service center configured to provide the digital service after the client device and/or user has been authenticated, and providing the service center with a network address of the client device on the communication network, wherein each of the plurality of service centers include at least one connector to initiate a network connection between the respective service center and an authenticated client device at the network address provided to the service center by the network operation center, the at least one connector adapted to transfer the content generated by the digital service to the authenticated client device and to transfer the commands from the client device to the respective service center over the established network connection to provide a remote access to the requested digital service.