Patent ID: 7127511

Claim:
A Internet access management system comprising: a reservation table in which a state with regard to a reservation for a connecting service to the Internet at a time period is stored; authentication server for receiving a first authentication including a user identification and password from a network communicator via an edge router and iuding whether or not an entry in coincidence with said user identification and password exists within an authentication database, if there is a match, said authentication server sends a first authentication signal to said edge router, and if there is no match, said authentication server sends signal to said edge router instructing said edge router to not allow access to either an Internet or ISP LAN; a contract unit having a network management system, said contract unit receiving an Internet access request for a current time period from a user, if said authentication server sends the first authentication signal, said contract units judges whether said user reserved the current time period, by a prior reservation request stored in said reservation table, wherein if said contract unit judges that no prior reservation request had been made, the contract unit automatically directs said network management system to reroute the user to an ISP LAN by issuing commands to edge router that limit user access to said ISP LAN only, such that a reservation request can be made by the user via a web server on said ISP LAN, said reservation request is made by issuing a second authentication, and if said second authentication is successful, the user has access to reservation services, said user issues a reservation request for the current time period, upon receipt of the reservation request, said contract unit locks said reservation table preventing any other access to said reservation table, said contract unit permits said reservation request when the number of users connecting to the internet at a same time as said time period included in said reservation request is smaller than or equal to a predetermined value, once said reservation request has been accepted, the user issue a second Internet access request; wherein if said contrast unit judges that a prior reservation request had been made, contract unit directs said network management system to route the user to the Internet, sets a timer equal to the reservation time, and when said timer elapse, the contract unit directs said network management system to command the edge router to stop routing the user to the Internet and reroute the user to the ISP LAN to make another reservation.