System and method for providing contents on a network

(54) SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING CONTENTS ON A NETWORK

(76) Inventor: Kazuho Oku, Kyoto (JP)

Correspondence Address:
Y. ROCKY TSAO
Fish & Richardson P.C.
225 Franklin Street
Boston, CA 02110-2804 (US)

(21) Appl. No.: 09/911,816

(22) Filed: Jul. 24, 2001

(30) Foreign Application Priority Data

Jul. 24, 2000 (KR) 2000-42453

Publication Classification (51) Int. CI.7 G06F 15/16

Disclosed is a contents-providing system for receiving contents Irom a web server and providing the contents to a portable terminal connected via a network that comprises: a user information database for storing user ID information; an authentication server for performing authentication based upon the user ID information by using the user information database when the user ID information and a URL ol a web server are input by the portable terminal, and outputting the URL after performing the authentication; and a data server for requesting that the web server corresponding to the URL provided by the authentication server provides the contents, processing the contents provided by the web server into a predetermined format, and transmitting the processed contents to the portable terminal.