KR20040060232A - Apparatus and method for offering within the limit internet service of upgrading high speed service performance - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: A device and a method for offering a limited Internet connection service on the VDSL(Very high-data rate digital subscriber line) are provided to make a general customer such as a parent freely limit an Internet use time of a time-rate customer through a web after the general customer registers the time rate customer. CONSTITUTION: A certification tool(20) allows a terminal(10) to connect to the Internet by storing the time-rate customer and the general customer information having an authority of a condition for allowing the time-rate customer to connect to the Internet. If the Internet connection of the terminal corresponding to the time-rate customer is detected by the certification tool, an Internet connection controller(30) makes the time-rate customer use the Internet for the time satisfying an Internet connection allowance condition by searching the Internet connection allowance condition registered to the time-rate customer.

Description

Apparatus and method for offering within the limit internet service of upgrading high speed service performance}

The present invention relates to an apparatus and a method for providing a limited internet access service in a high speed internet access network, and more particularly, to a general high speed internet access network using a point-to-point protocol (PPP) and a dynamic host configuration protocol (DHCP). The present invention relates to a technology that allows a customer (guardian) to register a part-time customer (child) who can limit the time spent on the Internet, thereby limiting the time spent on a part-time customer's Internet.

As the penetration rate of PCs increases and the Internet network environment improves, the number of Internet access service users using telephone lines or private lines is increasing rapidly. As the number of Internet users increases, service providers (ISPs) or contents that provide various services to the Internet users are increasing. Providers are also increasing. Most of the Internet services provided by the service provider or the content provider are open so that anyone can easily access and use them.

On the other hand, there are many sites on the Internet. Most sites provide sound information to Internet users so that they can quickly and easily collect the information they need through the Internet. In order to increase the number of visitors by intriguing interests, for example, games, chat, pornography and suicide information may be provided. Sites that provide games, chats, pornography, and self-help information described above have a problem in that they are likely to cause internet addiction and psychological confusion for adolescents and children.

In particular, there is a need to effectively limit the use of the Internet for teenagers and children who need to be protected from long-term Internet use and addiction. However, the current Internet access service succeeds in authentication using the ID and password registered for Internet access. In this case, the Internet service can be used unconditionally until the customer requests to terminate the Internet connection.

In order to limit the user's Internet usage time, the PPP access method is proposed to control only the Internet access authority of the customer, and the DHCP method is provided with a method that charges unlimited time-based fee. Or, the situation does not effectively limit children's use of the Internet.

Therefore, the present invention was created in response to the above-described needs, and after the general customer (parent) registers a part-time customer for limiting the Internet usage time, the general customer randomly selects the Internet usage time of the part-time customer through the web. It aims to be able to limit as much.

1 is a block diagram of a system for providing a limited Internet access service in a PPP-type high-speed Internet access network according to an embodiment of the present invention.

2 is a flowchart for explaining a method for providing a limited Internet access service in a PPP-type high-speed Internet access network according to an embodiment of the present invention.

3 is a block diagram of a system for providing limited Internet access service in a DHCP high speed Internet access network according to an embodiment of the present invention.

4 is a flowchart illustrating a method for providing a limited Internet access service in a DHCP high speed Internet access network according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Figure 5 is a flow chart for explaining the process of registration of the Internet-limited use of the part-time customer by the general customer applied to the present invention.

In order to realize the above object, an apparatus for providing limited internet access service in a high speed internet access network according to an embodiment of the present invention is provided.

Network connection means for connecting the terminal to the Internet;

Authentication means for storing part-time customer information and general customer information having control of an Internet access permission condition for the part-time customer, and performing authentication for allowing the Internet connection to the terminal; And

If the terminal corresponding to the part-time customer is detected by the authentication means, the Internet access permission condition registered to the part-time customer is inquired, and the part-time customer can use the Internet only during the time when the part-time customer satisfies the Internet access permission condition. It characterized in that it is configured to include an Internet access control device.

In addition, in order to realize the above object, a method for providing a limited internet access service in a high speed internet access network according to an embodiment of the present invention,

A first process of performing authentication for internet access with respect to the terminal when an internet connection is requested from a specific terminal;

A second process of analyzing a type of a customer corresponding to the terminal if the authentication is successful;

A third step of allowing the terminal to use an Internet service normally if the customer type is a general customer; And

If the type of the customer is a part-time customer, characterized in that it comprises a fourth step of confirming the Internet low-speed allowance conditions for the part-time customer, so that the part-time customer can access the Internet only within the Internet access permission conditions .

Hereinafter, with reference to the accompanying drawings will be described an embodiment of the present invention in more detail.

Referring to Figure 1, the configuration of a system for providing a limited Internet access service in a PPP-type high-speed Internet access network according to an embodiment of the present invention.

As shown in FIG. 1, the system for providing limited Internet access service in a PPP-type high-speed Internet access network according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a network access device that performs a function for connecting a customer terminal 10 to the Internet. (12), the customer connection authentication device 20 for authenticating the customer who has requested the Internet connection from the network connection device 12, and the part-time customer information for the general customer to manage the time-dependent customer It is configured to include an Internet access control device 30 to restrict the use of the Internet of the child corresponding to the customer.

In the present invention, the customer connection authentication apparatus 20 is a predetermined customer information from the customer DB 24, the network connection device 12, which stores information for subscriber authentication, for example, a service type, a subscriber ID, a password (hereinafter referred to as PW), and the like. If the Internet connection is requested, it is configured to include a connection authentication server 22 for performing authentication for the customer in conjunction with the customer DB (24).

In addition, the Internet access control device 30 checks the Internet access allowance conditions of the hourly customer whose service type is registered as an hourly time from the access authentication server 22 so that the Internet use time of the hourly customer satisfies the Internet access permission condition. An access control server 34 which allows the part-time customer to be connected to the Internet only, a service web server 32 that provides subscribers with Internet access control services using a secondary ID to subscribers via the Internet, and a service web server 32 And a database 36 that stores information necessary for the operation of the access control server 34.

The database 36 includes a subscriber information table 36a and an access control information table 36b. The subscriber information table 36a includes subscriber information for authentication to the service web server 32 and a service customer registered by the subscriber. Information is stored, and the access control information table 36b stores the Internet access permission condition and the Internet use result for the service customer.

In particular, the connection information table 36b includes fields for registering allowable time zones, usage time, end time, etc. for each service customer ID, and fields for registering accumulated Internet use time.

Hereinafter, a method of accessing a part-time Internet service based on a customer ID in a PPP type high speed internet access network configured as shown in FIG. 1 will be described with reference to the flowchart shown in FIG. 2.

When the customer terminal 10 requests the Internet connection (S10), the network connection device 12 transmits the ID and PW received from the customer terminal 10 to the access authentication server 22 to the customer terminal 10. Request for authentication (S12).

Upon receiving the authentication request from the customer terminal 10, the access authentication server 22 determines whether the ID and PW match by using the customer DB 24 (S16), and inputs the ID and PW from the customer terminal 10. If the ID and PW stored in the client DB 24 do not match with each other (No in S 14), the authentication failure message is transmitted to the network connection device 12 so that the authentication failure status is notified to the customer terminal 10 (S16). .

However, as a result of the determination in step S16, if the ID input from the customer terminal 10, the ID stored in the customer DB 24, and the PW coincide with each other (Yes in S14), the network connection device 12 succeeds in authentication. By sending a message, the IP address for the customer terminal 10 is allocated by the network connection device 12. The client terminal 10 assigned with the IP can access the Internet using the IP.

Subsequently, the access authentication server 22 checks the customer DB 24 and checks whether the service type of the corresponding ID is a part-time customer (S18). Here, the subscriber registered as a part-time customer in the customer DB 24 is a subscriber additionally registered by the general customer, and the part-time customer is a subscriber that the general customer has registered for the purpose of limiting Internet use time.

As a result of the determination in step S18, if the corresponding ID is a part-time customer (Yes in S18), the access authentication server 22 is an access control server 34 configured in the Internet access control device 30, and the ID and IP of the client terminal 10 are determined. Request the confirmation of the Internet access permission condition for the customer terminal 10, and the access control server 34 inquires the access control information table 36b of the database 36 using the corresponding ID to access the Internet access. Check the acceptable condition (S20).

The Internet access permission conditions may be registered to allow Internet access only in a certain time zone is set to allow time zone, the use time and the end time is registered to be available only for a certain time for a certain period of time, but set the end time Even if it is not exhausted, a certain time may be registered so that the Internet connection can be transferred, and in addition to the method proposed in the present invention, a new item that can effectively restrict the use of the Internet may be used as an Internet access permission condition.

If it is determined that the client terminal 10 satisfies the Internet access permission condition (Yes in S22), the access control server 34 allows the client terminal 10 to access the Internet using the IP assigned in step S17. In doing so, compare the current time with the time corresponding to the Internet access conditions.

As a result of the determination in step S22, if it is determined that the current time exceeds the allowable time zone or the use time is exhausted or the end time is reached, the client terminal 10 does not satisfy the internet access permission condition, the auxiliary ID Requests to terminate the Internet access service for the IP of the client terminal 10 having (S26).

The network access device 12, which is requested to stop the internet access service from the access control server 30, calls a web page according to the Internet access permission guide from the service web server 32 and outputs it to the terminal of the auxiliary ID (S28). . Here, in the method in which the access control server 30 calls the web page according to the Internet access permission guide to the service web server 32, the network connection device 12 stops the Internet access service from the access control server 30. Is requested, the service web server 32 is forcibly changed from the service web server 32 to the URL of the web page according to the Internet access permission guide, and the changed URL is called to the service web server 32. Calls a webpage according to the guideline for allowing Internet access.

Referring to Figure 3 will be described the configuration of a limited Internet access service providing system in a DHCP high-speed Internet access network according to an embodiment of the present invention.

As shown in FIG. 3, the system for providing limited Internet access service in a DHCP high speed Internet access network according to an embodiment of the present invention accommodates wired / wireless terminals 40b to 40d through an access point (AP). Or wired / wireless terminals booted at the request of the network connection device 44 and the network connection device 44 to directly receive the wired terminal 40a so that the wired / wireless terminals 40a to 40d can access the Internet. DHCP server 60 for allocating IP for 40a-40d, customer connection authentication device 50 for authenticating wired / wireless terminals 40a-40d booted at the request of network connection device 44 , And an Internet access control device 70 for managing a secondary ID for the customer ID so that the guardian corresponding to the customer ID can restrict the Internet usage of the child corresponding to the secondary ID.

The customer connection authentication device 50 of FIG. 3 performs the same function as the customer connection authentication device 50 described above in FIG. 1, and the Internet connection control device 70 of FIG. 3 is the Internet connection control device described above in FIG. Performs the same function as (30).

Next, a method of providing a limited internet access service in a DHCP high speed internet access network configured as shown in FIG. 3 will be described with reference to the flowchart shown in FIG. 4.

When the network connection device 44 detects booting of a specific terminal (S40), the DHCP server 60 requests an IP allocation for the terminal, and the DHCP server 60 requests the terminal to the terminal. Allocate the IP to the network connection device 44 (S42). The IP allocated by the DHCP server 60 may be a private IP or a public IP according to a policy.

The network access device 44 assigned with the IP for the terminal transmits the corresponding IP to the terminal, and transfers the session to limit the Internet access only while authentication for the terminal is performed (S43). After receiving the ID, PW from the terminal, the authentication request for the ID to the connection authentication server 52 of the customer connection authentication device 50 (S44).

The connection authentication server 52 inquires the ID and the PW from the customer DB 54, and performs authentication using the ID and the PW (S46). The ID, PW and the customer DB 54 are input from the terminal. If the stored ID and PW do not coincide with each other (No in S46), the authentication failure message is transmitted to the network access device 44 so that the authentication failure status is notified to the terminal (S47).

However, as a result of the determination in step S46, if the ID inputted from the terminal, the ID stored in the customer DB 24, and the PW coincide with each other (Yes in S46), the authentication success message is transmitted to the network connection device 44. The session of the terminal is connected by the network connection device 44. The terminal connected to the session is in a state in which various services provided on the Internet can be used by accessing the Internet.

Subsequently, the access authentication server 52 checks the customer DB 54 and checks whether the service type of the corresponding ID is a part-time customer (S48). If the service type is a part-time customer (Yes in S48), the access authentication server 22 transmits the ID and IP of the terminal to the access control server 74 configured in the internet access control apparatus 70 to access the internet for the terminal. Request confirmation of acceptance conditions.

Upon requesting confirmation of the Internet access permission condition for the terminal, the access control server 34 checks the access control information table 76b of the database 76 using the ID to confirm the Internet access permission condition for the ID. (S50).

Subsequently, if it is determined that the terminal satisfies the Internet access permission condition (YES in S52), the access control server 74 transmits a confirmation success message to the network access device 44, and the network access device 44. The terminal connects the session to enable the terminal to use the Internet service (S54).

At the same time, the access control server 74 proceeds to step S52, and compares the current time with the time corresponding to the Internet access permission condition and continuously monitors whether the Internet use time of the terminal satisfies the Internet access permission condition.

On the other hand, as a result of the determination in step S52, when the current time exceeds the allowable time period, or the use time is exhausted or the end time is reached, it is determined that the terminal does not satisfy the Internet connection permission conditions, the IP of the terminal Request to stop the Internet access service for (S56).

The network connection device 44, which is requested to stop the Internet access service from the access control server 74, calls a web page according to the Internet access permission guide from the service web server 72 and outputs it to the terminal (S58).

By the process described in Figs. 2 to 4, the terminal connected to the Internet can access the service web servers 32 and 72 established on the Internet, and the general customer can access the service web servers 32 and 72. In addition to querying the internet usage status of the part-time customer that he / she registered, he / she can change the Internet access permission condition for the part-time customer.

A detailed process thereof will be described with reference to the flowchart shown in FIG. 5.

In describing the process of FIG. 5, the configuration has been described by applying the configuration to the configuration of FIG. 1 for convenience of description, and the operation description to be described below may also be applied to the configuration of FIG. 3.

When the service web server 32 is connected to the terminal (customer terminal 10 of FIG. 1 or wired / wireless terminals 40a to 40d of FIG. 3), the service web server 32 inputs an ID and PW from the terminal. In response to the request, the subscriber information table 36a of the database 30 is queried to confirm whether the ID and PW are registered or not (S70).

As a result of the determination, if the ID and PW are not registered in the subscriber information table 36a (No in S70), the terminal notifies the authentication failure (S72), and the ID and PW are registered in the subscriber table 36a. If yes (Yes in S70) it is determined that the authentication of the terminal is successful (Yes in S70) to log on the terminal to enable the customer of the terminal to use the service provided by the service web server (32).

The service web server 32 provides a service that allows the guardian to restrict the children's use of the Internet. An item in which a subscriber (regular customer) registers a part-time customer on the homepage to control the Internet use of the part-time customer. The sub-item for the part-time customer control item is provided, and an auxiliary ID registration item, an auxiliary ID use inquiry item, and a registration information change item for the auxiliary ID are provided. Define part-time customer IDs as secondary IDs.

After the part-time customer control item is selected by the subscriber on the web page provided with the above-described item (Yes in S74), and when the part-time customer registration request item is selected (Yes in S76), the service web server 32 sends the part-time customer to the terminal. By outputting a web page for receiving the registration information and the Internet access permission conditions of the receive the registration information and the Internet access permission conditions of the part-time customer from the subscriber (S78). Here, the registration information of the part-time customer includes an ID, a PW, a name, and the like, and the Internet access permission condition includes an allowable time zone, an allowable time, a forced end time, and the like.

In step S78, the service web server 32 having received the registration information of the part-time customer and the internet access permission condition receives the registration information of the part-time customer and the internet access permission condition from the subscriber information table 36a of the database 30. And the access control information table 36b, respectively (S80 and S94). Here, although not shown in FIG. 5, the service web server 32 transfers the information of the registered part-time customer to the access authentication server 22 when the general customer newly registers the part-time customer. The general customer can access the Internet using the registered ID and PW.

On the other hand, when the part-time customer control item is selected on the web page by the subscriber, and the Internet usage inquiry item of the part-time customer is selected (YES in S82), the service web server 32 inquires the subscriber information table 36a to check the subscriber. After checking whether or not the part-time customer is registered (S84), and if the part-time customer registered by the subscriber exists, the data corresponding to the part-time customer is queried in the access control information table 36b to generate the Internet usage window of the part-time customer. This is output to the subscriber's terminal (S86, S88). In the Internet usage window of the part-time customer, it is preferable that the part-time customer displays the usage history (start date, end time, cumulative usage time, access site, etc.) using the Internet.

In addition, when the part-time customer control item is selected on the web page by the subscriber, and if the property change item for the part-time customer is selected (YES in S90), the service web server 32 receives the Internet access permission condition information for the part-time customer. After inquiring in the access control information table 36b, a registration information window for the auxiliary ID is generated using the inquired Internet access permission condition information and outputted to the subscriber's terminal.

The registration information window is configured to change each Internet access permission condition by the subscriber. In detail, the registration information window is divided into general information (ID, PW, time customer name, age, phone number, mobile number, e-mail, etc.), default and optional policy windows of a time customer, and a default policy window. For example, in the example, it expresses an item that restricts usage from 10:00 am to 8:00 am on the morning, and in the Optional policy window, the subscriber selects randomly from the calendar window (provided by default in the system) divided into weekdays and holidays. It displays the items to set time zone use or limit start / end time and daily usage time. Of course, in addition to the items suggested in the present invention, other items for setting Internet access permission conditions may be newly established.

When the changed Internet access permission condition is input from the subscriber through the registration information window (S92), the service web server 32 stores the Internet access permission condition received in the access control information table 36b (S94).

As described above, in the present invention, when a guardian registers a child as a part-time customer in a service web server, when the child attempts to access the Internet, the Internet connection device is notified to the service web server of the child. Accordingly, the service web server allows the child to access the Internet only when the child's Internet access satisfies the Internet access permission condition registered by the guardian.

In particular, the present invention can register the Internet access permit conditions in a specific time zone to allow the child to use the Internet only at that time, or register the use time per day or week, the child during the use time within a certain period You can also use the Internet only, and you can register for an end time to prevent your child from accessing the Internet after that time.

According to the present invention as described above, the guardian can effectively limit the use of the child's Internet through the web, there is an effect that can be stable to protect the child from the Internet.

On the other hand, the present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiment, but can be modified and modified within the scope not departing from the gist of the present invention, such modifications and changes should be regarded as belonging to the following claims. will be.

Claims (12)

Network connection means for connecting the terminal to the Internet; Authentication means for storing part-time customer information and general customer information having control of an Internet access permission condition for the part-time customer, and performing authentication for allowing the Internet connection to the terminal; And If the terminal corresponding to the part-time customer is detected by the authentication means, the Internet access permission condition registered to the part-time customer is inquired, and the part-time customer can use the Internet only during the time when the part-time customer satisfies the Internet access permission condition. Limited Internet access service providing device in a high-speed Internet access network, characterized in that it comprises an Internet access control device for enabling. The method of claim 1, The Internet access permission condition controlled by the general customer is An apparatus for providing limited internet access service in a high-speed internet access network, wherein the allowable time zone, use time, and end time of the internet access time are selectively registered. The method according to claim 1 or 2, Apparatus for providing a limited Internet access service in a high-speed Internet access network, characterized in that the part-time customer is registered by the general customer. The method according to claim 1 or 2, The Internet access control device, Limited Internet access in a high-speed Internet access network, characterized in that the general customer connected through the Internet provides a function of registering a part-time customer, inquiring the Internet usage status of a registered part-time customer, and changing the Internet permission condition for the registered part-time customer. Service provision device. The method according to claim 1 or 2, The Internet access control device, And a database storing subscriber information of the general customer and the part-time customer, and the Internet access permission condition information of the part-time customer registered by the general customer. The method according to claim 1 or 2, The Internet access control device, In the high-speed Internet access network, when the part-time customer is registered by the general customer, information about the part-time customer is transmitted to the authentication means so that the part-time customer can be authenticated by the authentication means. Device for providing limited Internet access service. A first process of performing authentication for internet access with respect to the terminal when an internet connection is requested from a specific terminal; A second process of analyzing a type of a customer corresponding to the terminal if the authentication is successful; A third step of allowing the terminal to use an Internet service normally if the customer type is a general customer; And If the type of the customer is a part-time customer, characterized in that it comprises a fourth step of checking the Internet low-speed allowance conditions for the part-time customer, so that the part-time customer can access the Internet only within the Internet access conditions Method of providing limited Internet access service in high speed internet access network. The method of claim 7, wherein Registering a part-time customer that is a target for which the general customer restricts Internet use time, and registering the Internet access permission conditions for the part-time customer, characterized in that it further comprises the step of providing a limited Internet access service in a high-speed Internet access network . The method of claim 8, The Internet connection permission conditions, A method for providing limited internet access service in a high speed internet access network, characterized in that at least one of an allowable time period, a use time, and an end time for limiting internet access time. The method according to claim 7 or 9, In the fourth process, And when the part-time customer is connected to the Internet, storing time-use information of the part-time customer in a database. The method of claim 10, When the regular customer is requested to use the Internet by the timed customer, the Internet access service provided in the high-speed Internet access network, characterized in that further comprising the step of querying the Internet usage time from the database provided to the general customer. Way. The method according to claim 7 or 9, When the regular customer is requested to change the Internet permission condition of the part-time customer, the general customer is notified of the pre-registered Internet permission condition, and when the Internet permission condition to be updated by the general customer is input, the time part is received. The method of providing a limited internet access service in a high-speed Internet access network, characterized in that it further comprises the step of registering the customer with the Internet permission condition.