Automatic and secure system for remote access to electronic mail and the internet
First Claim
1. A system for providing a remote user with access to that user'"'"'s home system via an electronic network, comprising:
- one or more remote terminals each including an input device and a display;
a system server for communicating with said terminals, said server having a memory device and being capable of causing prompts to be displayed on each of said displays and reading user inputs on each of said input devices, said system server being operatively connected with such electronic network;
a program executing on said system server for prompting one or more users located at said one or more remote terminals to enter inputs and for automatically configuring one or more configuration files for each such remote user, each of said configuration files containing information responsive to a corresponding one of such user'"'"'s inputs, each of said files being usable by said system server to operatively connect the corresponding user with the user'"'"'s home system via such electronic network based at least in part on such corresponding user'"'"'s individual inputs,said system server executing said user'"'"'s one or more configuration files in such manner as to provide each user with customized remote access to said user'"'"'s home system.
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Abstract
A system and method for providing a remote user with secure, temporary access to electronic mail and/or the Internet. The invented system includes one or more remote terminals, each including an input device and a display, and a system server for communicating with the terminals. The server is capable of displaying prompts on each of the displays and reading user inputs on each of the keyboards. Furthermore, the server is operatively connected with the user'"'"'s home system, typically via an electronic network. The system further includes a program executing on the system server for prompting one or more users located at the one or more remote terminals to enter inputs and for automatically configuring a configuration file for each remote user. Each configuration file contains information responsive to a corresponding one of the user'"'"'s inputs, and each of the files is usable by the system server to operatively connect the corresponding user with that user'"'"'s home system via the electronic network, based at least in part on the user'"'"'s individual inputs. The system server executes the configuration file in such a manner as to provide each user with customized remote access to the user'"'"'s home system in a secure operating environment dictated at least in part by the user'"'"'s network client choices. A method of using the system is also described.
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29 Claims
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1. A system for providing a remote user with access to that user'"'"'s home system via an electronic network, comprising:
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one or more remote terminals each including an input device and a display; a system server for communicating with said terminals, said server having a memory device and being capable of causing prompts to be displayed on each of said displays and reading user inputs on each of said input devices, said system server being operatively connected with such electronic network; a program executing on said system server for prompting one or more users located at said one or more remote terminals to enter inputs and for automatically configuring one or more configuration files for each such remote user, each of said configuration files containing information responsive to a corresponding one of such user'"'"'s inputs, each of said files being usable by said system server to operatively connect the corresponding user with the user'"'"'s home system via such electronic network based at least in part on such corresponding user'"'"'s individual inputs, said system server executing said user'"'"'s one or more configuration files in such manner as to provide each user with customized remote access to said user'"'"'s home system. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. An electronic network gateway processing system for providing a familiar operating environment for a remote user to the user'"'"'s home system via an electronic network, the system comprising:
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a system server in communication with a remote terminal and said electronic network, said system server having a memory device and being capable of prompting said remote user to make choices regarding the user'"'"'s preferred network clients via said remote terminal, said system server creating one or more configuration files for said user that is based at least in part on said user'"'"'s network client choices, said one or more configuration files enabling said system server to establish a communication gateway via an electronic network between such remote user and such home system in an operating environment dictated by said user'"'"'s network client choices. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A method for providing a remote user with temporary and secure remote access to their home systems, the method comprising:
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providing a system server with a memory device and a remote terminal with an input device and a display, wherein the system server is in communication with the remote terminal and is capable of displaying prompts on the terminal and reading user inputs on the remote terminal in response to the inputs; displaying prompts on the terminal for instructing the remote user to input user information on the remote terminal; communicating the user information from the remote terminal to the system server; using the user information to automatically create one or more configuration files for the remote user; and executing the one or more configuration files to establish communication between the remote terminal and the remote user'"'"'s home system, via the system server, to provide the user with access to the home system from the remote terminal. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29)
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