Patent ID: 8010421

Claim:
An automatic account generation system, comprising: an account generator connected to an external WAN, the account generator having an IP address and performing account management functions, including generation and transmission of Internet user access authentication information; an input device communicatively coupled to the account generator, wherein upon activation, the input device requests generation of Internet user access authentication information from the account generator; a printer communicatively coupled to the account generator; and at least one account-charging apparatus operatively connected to the account generator, the account-charging apparatus being at least one of a card reader and a toll machine, wherein the account generator is further configured to connect to a wireless access apparatus and allow the wireless access apparatus access to the WAN upon receipt of the Internet user access authentication information from the wireless access apparatus, the input device is mounted on the printer, the printer is connected to the account generator via a signal transmission port of the printer, and the account generator instructs the printer to print out the Internet user access authentication information after confirming payment information from the account-charging apparatus.