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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 20, 2001
Filed:
Jun. 26, 1998
David L. Chavez, Jr., Thornton, CO (US);
John C. Moran, Thornton, CO (US);
Avaya Technology Corp., Miami Lakes, FL (US);
Abstract
Allowing a service vendor to establish a set of Internet access accounts with an Internet service provider and to have the capability of activating or deactivating an Internet access account by directly interacting with the Internet service provider system via a digital link. In addition, the service vendor can determine the amount of access time that has been spent on each of the Internet access accounts owned by the service vendor. The service vendor can also rent to a user an Internet terminal that can only be utilized to access the Internet access account rented to that user. In the Internet terminal, the Internet access account number is encrypted and cannot be modified by the user. In addition, the service provider has the capability of disabling the rented Internet terminal by transmission of a message via the Internet service provider system.