WO2002058365A1 - Procede pour acceder a un reseau informatique de type internet - Google Patents

Procede pour acceder a un reseau informatique de type internet Download PDF

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WO2002058365A1
WO2002058365A1 PCT/IT2001/000027 IT0100027W WO02058365A1 WO 2002058365 A1 WO2002058365 A1 WO 2002058365A1 IT 0100027 W IT0100027 W IT 0100027W WO 02058365 A1 WO02058365 A1 WO 02058365A1
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Maurizio Cavalli
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Interfree S.P.A.
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    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04M—TELEPHONIC COMMUNICATION
    • H04M1/00—Substation equipment, e.g. for use by subscribers
    • H04M1/26—Devices for calling a subscriber
    • H04M1/27—Devices whereby a plurality of signals may be stored simultaneously
    • H04M1/274—Devices whereby a plurality of signals may be stored simultaneously with provision for storing more than one subscriber number at a time, e.g. using toothed disc
    • H04M1/2745—Devices whereby a plurality of signals may be stored simultaneously with provision for storing more than one subscriber number at a time, e.g. using toothed disc using static electronic memories, e.g. chips
    • H04M1/2749—Automatic dialling or redialling systems, e.g. on off-hook or redial on busy
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04M—TELEPHONIC COMMUNICATION
    • H04M1/00—Substation equipment, e.g. for use by subscribers
    • H04M1/253—Telephone sets using digital voice transmission
    • H04M1/2535—Telephone sets using digital voice transmission adapted for voice communication over an Internet Protocol [IP] network

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  • This invention concerns a technique for access to a computers network
  • the invention refers to a method for automating connection, through telephone, of an electronic apparatus to peripheral telephone points accessing to a communication network of the above type.
  • the network accessing points are identified by telephone numbers which are put at user's disposal by each Internet Service Provider (ISP), in order to allow the connexion to the provider computers, which are part of the network.
  • ISP Internet Service Provider
  • they store all users' identification data, and offer services such as electronic mail, access to sites of the net by assisted, or not, research procedures,
  • This telephone number must expediently coincide with the provider's nearest access points to the place where the connecting apparatuses are.
  • the user chooses a provider among the Internet
  • This invention aims to provide a method for obtaining an easy and immediate connection of an electronic apparatus to a communication network such as Internet according to the above said rules.
  • dials are repeated for a fixed number of times and, after that, the user is asked new parameters for searching the telephone numbers to be dialled, or asking a simple authorization to proceed according to previous parameters.
  • First installation of said electronic file onto the user's connection apparatus can be carried out by transporting data from an optic, magnetic or other type memory support, or by downloading from the network.
  • the Internet Service Providers that is, providers of access and use
  • the above method for automatic connecting can be put in practice by means of computers provided with standard memory means and standard interfaces with the user and telephone lines.
  • the method may be carried out even by means of any electronic apparatus with hardwired or programmable logic, or by means of any other apparatus including storage means and processing units.
  • the method of the present invention can be implemented in a sequence of instructions which can be stored on computer-readable mediums accessible by the above apparatuses and
  • Accessing to a specific communications network is available in an excellent way, without asking the user for any participation except for indicating the geographic area, or zone, where access is required.
  • FIG. 1 shows, schematically, the connections that can be realized by
  • FIG. 2 shows a flow-chart of the procedure's operations for accessing- a cornrnunications network according to the present
  • figure 3 shows a flow- chart referred to a modified embodiment of the method of the invention
  • figure 4 shows a method according to the flow-chart of fig. 2, in
  • FIG. 5 shows a method according to the present invention, more in detail.
  • a part of a computers network such as Internet is shown, where we can see three different geographic areas, 11, 12, 13, put into evidence by hatched lines, where points for accessing the net by telephone are. More exactly there are: a first series of points of telephone access - labelled by "a"- leading to an Internet Service Provider, 20, called ISP a;
  • ISP b Internet Service Provider
  • ISP c Internet Service Provider
  • POP Points of Presence
  • Each one of the access points is obviously connected to the relating Internet Service Provider 20, 30, or 40.
  • the method provides a specific step, 102, for determining the geographic area, or zone, of access. In this case, the determination is due to a specific choice of the user. It is done after the starting phase, 101, of the access procedure to y
  • procedure 100 After step, 102, deter ining the geographic area of access, procedure 100 provides a step, 103, of extracting, from an electronic file stored in memory means of the apparatus, the telephone numbers of the determined geographic area and belonging to specific Internet Service Providers which the user has a supplying contract with. It has to be pointed out that the storage of the above-mentioned file of telephone numbers takes place during a specific phase, 150, and that the ISP list together with the selection hierarchy are defined during another specific phase 151. Both these phases are not necessarily included in procedure 90, but, according to the method of the invention, can be done separately in order to create files or tables which are accessed to during the procedure execution.
  • this last phase an updating of the file of telephone numbers stored in the computer-readable mediums of the user's apparatus is also done.
  • step 103 by means of one of the services supplied to the user by the Internet Service Provider - more exactly, in this embodiment of the invention, it is done by means of file transfer service, FTP, even if it can be obviously obtained by other services, such as, for instance, e-mail.
  • FTP file transfer service
  • the method of the invention provides automatic renewal of access attempts starting from the first number of the first provider. Both the priority order of the
  • providers and the priority order of the telephone numbers of each provider are fixed by the user in the external phase 151, or can be fixed automatically during step 103 or before.
  • a further step is provided in which, as shown in fig. 3, the repetition of calls is subordinated to authorization for proceeding access attempts -step 118-; otherwise, it stops.
  • step 117 in which the initial Internet Service Provider for repeating all the series of
  • Fig.4 shows a modality for performing the automatic phase of consecutive dials, which is indicated, as a whole, by 104 in fig. 2.
  • phase 139 the first provider shown on the above mentioned list is
  • Fig.5 shows, in a greater detail with respect to fig-4, a modality of performing a method according to the present invention.
  • a phase, 166 of dialling selected number
  • a phase, 167 of checking, after a failed connection to the net, if there are any further numbers included in the determined area relating to the same Internet Service Provider
  • a phase, 168 of selecting, after positive result of previous checking, the following number to dial.
  • phase 163 is different from the
  • phase 133 of the method of fig.4 because it does not include extraction of telephone numbers from memory; this operation is done in a following phase- 164- as soon as the provider ISP is selected
  • a check is done -phase 167- to verify if there are any other telephone numbers included in the geographic area determined in phase 162, relating to the same group of access points including the last dialled number.
  • the procedure provides selection -phase 168- of the following telephone number in the table of numbers extracted during phase 164, a new dialling phase 166, and the repetition of the connexion checking and of the following phases above said.
  • both procedure of fig.4 and fig.5 may be modified according to what shown in figure 3, introducing so a checking about procedure continuation after a fixed number of access attempts to the network. Even in this case, however, the characteristics of the method and
  • the determination of the geographic area for access - phase 102- can be done by a sub-procedure by which operating consecutive choices of growing geographic delimitation.

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L'invention concerne un procédé pour accéder à un réseau de communication informatique, tel qu'Internet, comprenant les opérations suivantes : exécution d'une procédure automatique localisée dans les unités mémoires de l'appareil électronique, qui doit être connecté par ligne téléphonique aux points d'accès du réseau ; détermination d'une zone géographique à partir de laquelle l'accès est demandé ; composition automatique d'une série de numéros téléphoniques mémorisés dans les unités mémoires de l'appareil, y compris dans la zone géographique susmentionnée ; référence à des points de connexion d'un fournisseur spécifique d'accès et d'utilisation du réseau ; autre composition automatique d'une autre série de numéros téléphoniques, y compris dans ladite zone géographique, avec référence à différents fournisseurs d'accès et utilisation du réseau. La composition automatique des numéros téléphoniques est stoppée lorsqu'un des numéros composés établit une connexion au réseau, ou bien après vérification de la poursuite des appels, après un nombre déterminé de numérotations.
PCT/IT2001/000027 2001-01-19 2001-01-19 Procede pour acceder a un reseau informatique de type internet WO2002058365A1 (fr)

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WO2000068820A1 (fr) * 1999-05-10 2000-11-16 Jude Gerard Dieterman Procede de mise a jour de parametres de configuration informatique
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