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Methods and apparatus for providing high speed connectivity to a hotel environment

  • US 10,164,940 B2
  • Filed: 06/09/2017
  • Issued: 12/25/2018
  • Est. Priority Date: 02/24/1999
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A method of providing Internet access to a computer via a first one of a plurality of network access nodes in a local area network, the local area network having a pool of one or more globally unique IP addresses;

  • the method comprising;

    translating from an internal IP address of the computer to a locally unique IP address of the local area network to thereby provide the computer with access to the local area network;

    monitoring network transmissions received from the first network access node in order to determine that the computer is requesting an Internet transaction;

    temporarily associating a globally unique IP address selected from the pool of globally unique IP addresses with the locally unique IP address in response to the computer requesting the Internet transaction; and

    translating from the locally unique IP address to the globally unique IP address during the Internet transaction to thereby provide the computer with access the Internet.

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