Volume-dependent accounting system and method in connectionless communications
US5930772A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Dec 31, 1996 |
| Grant date | Jul 27, 1999 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Dec 31, 2016 |
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- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY10S707/99939
- WIPO fieldDigital communication
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
When an accounting process is performed through connectionless communications such as a WWW, etc., a retrieval CGI stores a retrieval result in a file having a file name generated from a process ID and a user ID. Then, a retrieving/accounting process is performed in units of a user ID and a process ID. A session is managed using the process ID as information to be exchanged, thereby requiring no resident combinational software. Furthermore, a volume-dependent accounting can be realized even when communications are disconnected.
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