According to the latest regulation by the country, all consumers entering Internet bars for Internet surfing must register with their personal ID cards and start surfing only after verified by bar administrators. Persons without valid personal ID cards or teenagers less than 16 years old can not enter; teenagers more than 16 years old can not enter except on public holidays and the summer and winter holidays, when they are only allowed to surf less than 3 hours besides of registration; and all Internet bars can not operate over night.

The Internet bar true name system was firstly published by CAware Company; different from the real name of network system by 3721 or the current concern-arising Internet surfing true name system, the Internet true name system is, based on the current management situation of surfing registration, to rely on IC card management mode and powerful management software, to effectively communicate between monitoring by the public security and bar operation, maintain registration information under the most effective monitoring status, and make convenience for tracking illegal visitors and controlling teenagers to surf Interne, thus considered as the optimum balancing point between the monitoring center of the public security department and Internet bar operators.

1. Meaning of name and ID number registration

Internet users, when surfing the Internet in a Internet bar, need register their names and ID numbers; such a measure has the following positive meanings:

One is to benefit check and control of online chatting, to prevent part of Internet users from making hotfoots, and to detect and strike online criminal activities by hackers;

The other is to prevent primary and secondary students from entry into Internet bars; teenagers are at the key stage of study, long time of Internet surfing will disperse their concentration, harm to their health grow-up.

2. Disadvantages of Internet bar registration & solutions

1) Formalism

Internet bar owners are often unaware of importance of registration, which makes registration to be victim of formalism. In such situations, owners treat registration as a tool against check by the competent authorities, and consumers treat registration as an additional procedure besides of payment for surfing.

Solution: To apply the true name Internet bar management system with scientific ID registration, specifically, recording the registration information of consumers into the system, then sending to the monitoring center of the public security department together with visited IP records; in case of any visit records to illegal website, the public security department can follow the concurrently sent consumer profile to track, which is where the true meaning is. Under this system, bar owners will have less troubles during operation and customers will have a comfortable environment, while the public security department will have clear direction to track records; such a scientific management method is reliable.

2) Unclear writing or inaccurate registration information due to privacy consideration

No matter perfunctory customers or irresponsible administrators will pay few attention in registration, despite of unclear writing will make no sense for tracking. We always see some defaced books on the counter table of some Internet bars, where names and ID numbers are filled. Also sometimes some people may worry that their IC numbers will be copied by illegal persons.

Solution: To apply the true name Internet bar management system to record detailed registration information of customers, which will check the computer input customer information at the same time of input, will ensure that teenagers have had their parents to accompany to surf the Internet, will avoid the problem of unclear writing, and also will have no worry on privacy disclosed to other persons.

For local authorities regulating Internet bars,

• Internet users must bring their ID cards to surf the Internet in Internet bars
• ID cards can be used at any Internet bar
• In-situ monitoring Internet surfing information inside Internet bars
• Filtration and restricted visit on some illegal URLs and contents
  

For Internet bars,

• Quick completion of surfing registration and offline accounting, saving work load of Internet bar administrators
• Support of multiple service points and toll points
• Real-time accurate and fair charge, eliminating charge leaks and disputes
• Detailed surfing records and user history records for enquiry
• Provision of quick and convenient services to clients
• Strict control on illegal surfing with remote monitoring and control functions
• Exemption from hot standby, while computers free of tasks can automatically enter energy-saving status and safely switch off.

Topographic figure of Internet bar management system

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