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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 04, 2012
Filed:
Feb. 09, 2006
Toru Aihara, Yokohama, JP;
Noboru Kamijoh, Fujisawa, JP;
Kazumasa Ochiai, Kawasaki, JP;
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
In a case where a secondary use of a communication line which is provided as a communication service is permitted, an appropriate communication charge to be charged to each user is computed in order to promote the use of the communication line. There is provided a communication relay system providing communication service which connects a communication device to an existing communication network. The communication relay system includes a communication relaying unit which connects a primary communication device connected to a predetermined primary communication line to the communication network to relay communication between the primary communication device used by a subscriber and the communication network; an account database which records a communication charge for communication performed by the primary communication device with the communication relay system through the primary communication line; and an accounting unit which reduces the amount of the communication charge recorded in the account database, if another subscriber connects a secondary communication device to the primary communication device and the communication relaying unit connects the secondary communication device to the communication network through the primary communication line.