Patent ID: 7051027
Filing Date: 2006-05-23
Classification: G06F,H04L,Y10S

Abstract:
1. An information service system where an information service providing apparatus and a client apparatus for participating in an information service provided by the information service providing apparatus are connected by network, comprising: means for transmitting identification information for participating in the information service to the client apparatus in compliance with a request for registration therefrom; means for storing participation history information including the identification information transmitted to the client apparatus and information on permission/rejection of participation in the information service by the identification information; means for storing the identification information which is permitted to officially participate in the information service; means for judging whether the identification information transmitted from the client apparatus for the purpose of making a request for participation in the information service is stored to permit the official participation; means for notifying the client apparatus of the permission on provisional participation by the identification information in the case where the identification information is not stored to permit the official participation; means for storing participation behavior information which shows the condition of participation in the information service by the identification information in the predetermined provisional participation period; means for deciding permission/rejection of official participation in the information service by the identification information based on the participation behavior information; and means for notifying the client apparatus of the permission/rejection of the participation.