Patent ID: 7023862

Claim:
A gateway device, comprising: a first network interface for connection to a home network; a second network interface for connection to a telephone network; a call set up unit for carrying out a call set up with respect to a specified address on the telephone network, upon receiving a solicitation for the call set up with respect to the specified address on the telephone network from a contents processing device connected to the home network, the contents processing device being in a state not capable of carrying out direct communications trough the telephone network, and the specified address indicating an address information of a server device to be communicated with by the contents processing device in order to obtain a permission regarding contents information utilization; and a transfer unit for transferring data transmitted from the contents processing device to a connection established by the call set up, and data arriving from the connection established by the call set up to the contents processing device, such that the contents processing device carries out a prescribed procedure for obtaining the permission from the server device through the connection established by the gateway device in response to the solicitation by the contents processing device.