Patent ID: 8423614

Claim:
A push-type information transmission method in a communication network comprising an information provider device, a plurality of user terminals for receiving information provided by the information provider device, and a transfer device for routing information between the information provider device and the user terminals, the method comprising: registering, using the transfer device, users at the information provider device for receiving information provided by the information provider device; registering, at the transfer device, at least IP registration information of the information provider device, wherein the IP registration information comprises information provider server identification information; registering, at the transfer device, at least user registration information of the user terminals; after the users, the at least IP registration information of the information provider device and the at least user registration information of the user terminals are registered, receiving, at the transfer device from the information provider device, push-type information supplied with an identification of a user terminal designated as a desired destination; sending a communication start notification signal to make the user terminal ready for packet switching with the transfer device before transmitting the push-type information to the user terminal; transmitting, from the transfer device to the user terminal designated as a desired destination, at least a part of the push-type information; determining, based on the registered information provider server identification information, which party to bill for receiving the push-type information, either an information provider of the information provider server or a user of the designated user terminal; and at least partly billing the party determined to be billed.