Internet accessing system using card readers and dual cards with information pertaining to log on

US5987612A · kind A · utility

Assignee

• NIPPON TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE CORPORATION · JP

Inventors

• Yuichiro Takagawa · Tokyo, JP
• Ken-ichiro Shimokura · Kōshū, JP
• Yoshihiko Shiraishi · Nagoya, JP
• Satoshi Iwata · Yokohama, JP

Key dates

• Filing date: Dec 2, 1997
• Grant date: Nov 16, 1999
• Expiry date: Dec 2, 2017

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G06F2221/2101
• WIPO field: IT methods for management
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

Abstract

An Internet accessing system which allows automatic user login onto the Internet with the use of two cards and card readers. One card contains information about an Internet access point telephone number, the ID number of the user, and the password of the user. The second card contains information about the URL designating the location of the desired startup homepage. Upon insertion of the cards into the card readers, the user is automatically logged onto the Internet.