Patent ID: 6219715
Filing Date: 2001-04-17
Classification: H04L,H04W

Abstract:
An automatic address distributing system comprising:an address distributing server connected to a network system for automatically distributing network information including address information to terminals connected to said network system,wherein said network system comprises:a mobility agent for supporting movement of a terminal from said network system to another network system, said mobility agent including a mobile-terminal supporting processing unit for adding information of a movement status including a movement destination of the terminal received from the terminal to a mobile-terminal status list or correcting the mobile-terminal status list by using the information, and a mobile-terminal-status notifying unit for receiving an inquiry about the movement status of the terminal from said address distributing server and informing said address distributing server of the movement status cataloged on the mobile-terminal status list,wherein said address distributing server is provided with a storage for storing the information of the movement status, andwherein said address distributing server, when receiving the information of the movement status transmitted by said mobile-terminal-status notifying unit, automatically stores the information of the movement status in said storage.