Method and apparatus for management of shared wide area network connections
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1. A method for propagating web page requests from a local area network to a wide area network comprising the steps of:
- receiving a web page request from the local area network;
determining if a connection to the wide area network is available;
modifying a URL comprising the web page request to refer to a web page stored on a local server and also directing the web page request to the local server if the wide area network connection is not available; and
directing the web page request to the wide area network if the wide area network connection is available.
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Abstract
Method and apparatus supports subscriber oriented management of shared wide area network connections. Web page requests received from local area network redirected to designated server in case connection to wide area network is not available, or more than one user or more than allowable number of users attempt simultaneous access.
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24 Claims
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1. A method for propagating web page requests from a local area network to a wide area network comprising the steps of:
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receiving a web page request from the local area network;
determining if a connection to the wide area network is available;
modifying a URL comprising the web page request to refer to a web page stored on a local server and also directing the web page request to the local server if the wide area network connection is not available; and
directing the web page request to the wide area network if the wide area network connection is available. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
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7. A method for propagating web page requests from a local area network to a wide area network comprising the steps of:
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receiving a first web page request from a first addressable device attached to the local area network;
storing the address of the first addressable device in a current user variable;
forwarding the first web page request to the wide area network;
providing the capability to receive a subsequent web page request from the local area network;
modifying a URL comprising the subsequent web page request to refer to a web page stored on a designated server and also directing the modified web page request to the designated server if the source address of the subsequent web page request does not equal the value stored in the current user variable;
and directing the subsequent web page request to the wide area if the source address of the subsequent web page request equals the value stored in the current user variable. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9, 10)
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11. A method for propagating web page requests from a local area network to a wide area network comprising the steps of:
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receiving a maximum user count;
receiving a web page request from an addressable device attached to the local area network;
directing the web page request to the wide area network if an existing user record corresponds to the addressable device;
creating a new user record corresponding to the addressable device from which the web page request was received and also directing the web page request to the wide area network if an existing user record corresponding to the addressable device does not exist and the number of existing user records is not equal to the maximum user count; and
redirecting said web page request to a designated server if an existing user record corresponding to the addressable device does not exist and if the number of existing user records is equal to the maximum user count. - View Dependent Claims (12)
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13. A customer premises equipment (CPE) access device comprising:
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local area network interface;
wide area network interface;
status unit capable of generating a redirect signal if the wide area network interface is not actively connected to a wide area network; and
address resolution unit that is capable of;
receiving web page requests from the local area network;
generating an internet protocol address that refers to a local server and also providing the generated address to the local area network in response to the web page request if the redirect signal is active; and
directing the web page request to the wide area network if the redirect signal is not active. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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19. A customer premises equipment (CPE) access device comprising:
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local area network interface;
wide area network interface;
access manager that is capable of;
receiving a first web page request from the local area network interface;
extracting a first source address from said web page requests;
storing the extracted first source address in a current user identifier variable;
directing the first web page request to the wide area network interface;
receiveing a subsequent web page request from the local area network interface;
extracting a subsequent source address from the subsequent web page request; and
forwarding the subsequent web page request;
redirection unit that is capable of;
receiving the subsequent web page request from the access manager;
modifying the URL comprising the subsequent web page request to refer to a web page stored on a designated server if the source address extracted from the subsequent web page request does not match the source address stored in the current user identifier variable; and
forwarding the subsequent web page request; and
address resolution unit that is capable of;
receiving the subsequent web page request from the redirection unit;
generating an internet protocol address and also directing the generated address to the local area network interface in response to the web page request if the URL comprising the subsequent network request can be resolved; and
directing the subsequent web page request to the wide area network interface if the URL comprising the subsequent network request can not be resolved. - View Dependent Claims (20, 21, 22)
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23. A customer premises equipment (CPE) access device comprising:
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local area network interface;
wide area network interface; and
access manager that is capable of;
receiving a maximum user count;
receiving a web page request from the local area network interface;
extracting a source address from said web page request;
creating a new user record if the extracted source address can not be found in an existing user record and the number of existing records is less than the maximum user count;
directing the web page request to a designated server if the extracted source address can not be found in an existing user record and the number of user records is equal to the maximum user count; and
directing the web page request to the wide area network interface if the extracted source address can be found in an existing user record. - View Dependent Claims (24)
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