Patent ID: 7111064
Filing Date: 2006-09-19
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
1. A network system comprising: a terminal device including a slot for inserting and ejecting a memory device that stores information for user authentication, wherein said memory device is divided into areas designated by a memory map, one of said areas containing personal information relating to a specific user of the memory device and another of said areas containing each terminal information relating to a specific kind of said terminal device; and a network server including: connecting means for connecting to said terminal device via prescribed communication means, wherein when said terminal device detects that said memory device is inserted into said slot, a request for authentification is sent to said network server by sending said information for user authentication and information about terminal specification to said network server, and said information for user authentication is stored in said network server in association with said information about terminal specification for future communication with said terminal device associated with said information about terminal specification when said network server authenticates the user, and said network server converts information to be transmitted to said terminal device used by the user into conformed information conformed to said terminal device used by the user, and transmits the conformed information to said terminal device; group forming means for forming a group of a plurality of users by producing a group ID in response to a group forming request transmitted by said terminal device, for recording an other terminal device into said group in response to receiving said group ID from said other terminal device, and for transmitting information sent from a user belonging to said group to another user belonging to said group.