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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 13, 2010
Filed:
Jun. 23, 2004
Francois-xavier Drouet, Nice, FR;
Fréderic Lefevre, La Gaude, FR;
Gérard Marmigere, Drap, FR;
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
Information collecting system wherein at least an Application Service Provider (ASP) provides services to a user through an Internet network and wherein there are at least an access network to which is connected the user and an Internet Service Provider (ISP) network connected to each access network by a RADIUS client, the Internet network being connected to the ISP network by a proxy. This system comprises a RADIUS Client Agent (RCA) connected to the ISP network and adapted to collect information about parameters of the connection of the user to the system, and at least a Provisioning Proxy Agent (PPA) adapted to receive the information from the RCA and to add this information in the request sent by the user to the ASP.