Communications network connection system and method
CA 2246410 A1 · Owner: Miller, Kevin · Inventors: Olson, Keith; Miller, Kevin; Van Horne, Peter
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A system and method for remotely connecting client computers to a communication network such as the Internet by way of a server system and dynamically providing network connections to the client computers, including changing static communications settings to dynamic settings. Usage time can be billed and tracked and access software on client computers can be updated. A hot access port is provided for client system access in which a welcome signal is pushed from the server system to the access port. After a connection is made between the client system and the access port the client system receives the, welcome signal.
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- Filed August 27, 1998. No grant is recorded for it in Canada; had it been granted, its 20-year term would have ended August 27, 2018.
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