Abstract: Techniques for purchasing items within an application on user equipment comprises determining at a network service store that a first message is received through a communications network from an application on user equipment. The message indicates a first item to purchase. A publisher different from the network service store has granted approval to use the application on the user equipment. The network service store determines whether payment is arranged from a user of the user equipment to pay for the first item. If payment is arranged, then the network service store causes, at least in part, actions that result in approval from the publisher to use the first item on the user equipment.

Abstract: A switching device for LAN is provided for switching packets in ETHERNET. The switching device includes an arrangement for storing the packet received at one of a plurality of receiving ports respectively connected to ETHERNET segments in a receiving buffer commonly used by the whole of the device, by means of a storage device of the receiving buffer. A transmitting destination port for the packet is determined through the use of an address filter device also common for the whole device. A transmitting buffer includes a storage device which receives the packet from the receiving buffer. Then, the packet is transferred from the storage device of the transmitting buffer to one of a plurality of transmitting ports corresponding to the determined address.