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Network configuration method and system for a window-based operating system environment

  • US 6,493,751 B1
  • Filed: 02/24/1999
  • Issued: 12/10/2002
  • Est. Priority Date: 02/24/1999
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. Computer executable instructions stored on a computer readable medium, the executable instructions for setting communications network parameters to connect a communications device to a communications network, the executable instructions for performing steps comprising:

  • initiating a user interface dialog for input of at least one of a plurality of network configuration profiles, including;

    (a) a location profile that includes at least one parameter needed to connect the communications device to a wide area network (WAN) communications network;

    (b) a dial-up network profile that includes at least one parameter needed to connect the communications device to a remote network node via the WAN;

    (c) a local area network (LAN) profile that includes at least one parameter needed to connect the communications device directly to a local area network (LAN) communications network; and

    (d) a general networking profile that includes at least one parameter that identifies a network resource that can be accessed by the communications device via the WAN or the LAN;

    storing at least one network configuration profile inputted via the user interface dialog into a data storage location;

    configuring the communications device in accordance with the contents of the data storage location, whereby the communications device is thereafter enabled to communicate via the communications network; and

    automatically calculating a dialing parameter based upon the contents of the location profile and the dial-up network profile, the dialing parameter thereafter being used to establish a connection between the communications device and the remote network node via the WAN communications network.

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