Patent ID: 8041822
Filing Date: 2011-10-18
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
1. A service network system, comprising: a plurality of service provision servers that provide information services; a session management server discrete from the plurality of service provision servers, that executes a communication protocol for establishing and disconnecting a session according to a request from a client; and a representative server discrete from the plurality of service provision serves and the session management server, that is representative of the plurality of service provision servers and executes the communication protocol with respect to the session management server, wherein said representative server transmits a client address and first client communication information which are received from the client to a service provision server which is selected from the plurality of service provision servers, with the first client communication information having a key for setting up encrypted communication, said representative server transmits a service provision server address and second client communication information related to encryption which are received from the selected service provision server to the client, with the second client communication information having a key for setting up encrypted communication, and said selected service provision server and the client use the client address and the service provision server address provided by the representative server, to directly communicate with each other via encrypted communication set up using the first client communication information and the second client communication information provided by the representative server.