Patent ID: 7698384

Claim:
An information collecting system, comprising: an Application Service Provider (ASP) for providing services to a user through an Internet network; at least one access network to which said user is connected; an Internet Service Provider (ISP) network connected to each access network by a Remote Access Dial-in User Server (RADIUS) client, said Internet network being connected to said ISP network by a proxy; a RADIUS Client Agent (RCA) connected to said ISP network and adapted to collect information from the RADIUS client about parameters of the connection of said user to the system, and at least a Provisioning Proxy Agent (PPA) adapted to receive said information from said RCA and, according to the received information, configure the proxy connecting the Internet network to ISP network to add said information in a request sent by the user to said ASP by setting a cookie or a URL extension containing the information needed by the ASP, wherein said information about the parameters of the user connection includes an identification of the user, a connection type of the user to the ISP and a connection speed of the user to the ISP, wherein said PPA includes a session table defining, for each user IP address, values of said parameters of the user connection, wherein said RCA includes a table containing in each row a filter for a PPA associated with said RCA, said filter being either a range of IP addresses, a Realm, a RADIUS client IP address or a called number, wherein said PPA includes an application table enabling said proxy to determine said information in each user request transmitted to said ASP, and wherein said application table provides for a URL contained in said request a proxy Plug-in.