Device for transmitting communications data of a computer via a communication network
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1. A device for transmitting communications data of a computer via a communications network, comprising:
- a circuit, including;
an address-data memory for storing address data and storing at least two different addresses of the communications network from which a user is authorized to access a computer network, said address-data memory further storing associated cost data corresponding to the addresses;
a selection unit connected to said address-data memory, said selection unit automatically selecting a most economical address of the addresses of the communications network relating to the computer network in dependence on the cost data corresponding to the addresses; and
at least one transceiver unit for setting up a communications link to the most economical address selected by said selection unit and via which the communications data are transmitted.
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Abstract
A device for transmitting communications data between a computer and further computers of a computer network, in particular the Internet, via a communications (i.e. telephone) network. The device has a memory for storing address data which contains at least two different Internet addresses or telephone numbers of the communications network at which a user can access the computer network. A selection unit selects the most economical Internet access, or the respective telephone number of the Internet provider, as a function of the cost data provided for each of the stored Internet addresses.
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1. A device for transmitting communications data of a computer via a communications network, comprising:
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a circuit, including;
an address-data memory for storing address data and storing at least two different addresses of the communications network from which a user is authorized to access a computer network, said address-data memory further storing associated cost data corresponding to the addresses;
a selection unit connected to said address-data memory, said selection unit automatically selecting a most economical address of the addresses of the communications network relating to the computer network in dependence on the cost data corresponding to the addresses; and
at least one transceiver unit for setting up a communications link to the most economical address selected by said selection unit and via which the communications data are transmitted. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26)
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