Patent ID: 7689830

Claim:
A communications apparatus configured to provide a prescribed service via a network based on a standardized interface of a prescribed communications protocol, comprising: a processor configured to, upon receiving a request message representing a request for call-up of the standardized interface from a user, extract proof information about the user from a header region of the request message and have validity of the user verified based on the proof information, the proof information including information regarding valid services to be admitted with the proof information generated in accordance with a non-standardized interface; a processor configured to, upon receiving a request message representing a request for call-up of the standardized interface, extract a session ID for identifying a session to be held with a source apparatus of the request message from a header region of the request message and verify the validity of the session based on the session identification information, the session identification information generated in accordance with the non-standardized interface; and a service executing module configured to execute a process in accordance with the standardized interface for which the call-up is requested if the validity of the user and the session are verified.