Information and control console for use with a network gateway interface
DCFirst Claim
1. A method for communicating to a host computer information during an existing networking session, the method comprising:
- establishing, via a gateway interface, a network session between a host computer and a computer network;
creating, during the established network session, information and control console packets;
sending the information and control console packets to the host computer repeatedly throughout the network session; and
generating, during the established network session, one or more information and control console on a monitor of the host computer, wherein the method provides a user an ability to re-configure the network session during the established network session by input to the information and control console.
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Abstract
A method for communicating to a host information during an existing networking session. The method comprises the steps of establishing computer network access to a user'"'"'s host through a gateway interface, creating information and control console packets at the gateway interface, sending the information and control console packets to the user'"'"'s host, and generating an information and control console on the monitor of the user'"'"'s host that comprises data. The data will typically comprise user-specific data based upon a user'"'"'s profile, the chosen billing scheme, the chosen service level or the location from which the user desires access. The gateway interface is capable of transparently connecting the user/subscriber to multiple networks without the need to reconfigure the user'"'"'s host computer. The information and control console allows the gateway administrator to provide information to the user/subscriber. The information and control console may include information relating to marketing, advertising, services offered and network session monitoring parameters and the like. In one embodiment the information provided for in the information and control console may comprise network session specific data. The user/subscriber can then act on the data provided to dynamically change the features of a current network session.
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36 Claims
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1. A method for communicating to a host computer information during an existing networking session, the method comprising:
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establishing, via a gateway interface, a network session between a host computer and a computer network;
creating, during the established network session, information and control console packets;
sending the information and control console packets to the host computer repeatedly throughout the network session; and
generating, during the established network session, one or more information and control console on a monitor of the host computer, wherein the method provides a user an ability to re-configure the network session during the established network session by input to the information and control console. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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21. A method for dynamically changing user billing structure during an ongoing network session, the method comprising:
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establishing, via a gateway interface, a network session between a host computer and a computer network;
creating, during the established network session, network monitoring information and control console packets that include information relating to the user-billing structure;
sending the network monitoring information and control console packets to the host repeatedly throughout the network session; and
generating, during the established network session, one or more network monitoring information and control consoles on a monitor of the host computer that provide a user an ability to change network session billing sure during the established network session. - View Dependent Claims (22, 23, 24, 25)
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26. A method for dynamically changing user level of service during an ongoing network session, the method comprising:
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establishing, via a gateway interface, a network session between a host computer and a computer network;
creating, during the established network session, network monitoring information and control console packets that include information relating to the user level of service;
sending the network monitoring information and control console packets to the host periodically throughout the network session; and
generating, during the established network session, one or more network monitoring information and control consoles on a monitor of the host computer that provide a user an ability to change network session level of service during the established network session. - View Dependent Claims (27, 28)
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29. A program storage device readable by a machine, tangibly embodying a program of instructions executable by the machine to perform steps for communication to a network user information during an ongoing networking session, the program of instructions comprising the steps of:
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establishing, via a gateway interface, a network session between a host computer and a computer network;
creating, during the established network session, information and control console packets;
sending the information and control console packets to the host periodically throughout the network session; and
generating, during the established network session, one or more information and control consoles on a monitor of the host, wherein the instructions provide a user an ability to re-configure the network session during the established network session by input to the information and control console. - View Dependent Claims (30, 31, 32)
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33. A computer program product, comprising:
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a computer usable medium having a computer readable program code embodied therein for causing information to be provided to a network host during an ongoing networking session, the computer readable program code comprising;
computer-readable program means for causing a host computer to establish, via a gateway interface, a network session between a host computer and a computer network;
computer-readable program means for causing a host computer to create, during the established network session, information and control console packets;
computer-readable program means for causing a host computer to send the information and control console packets to the host repeatedly throughout the network session; and
computer-readable program means for causing a host computer to generate, during the established network session, one or more information and control consoles on a monitor of the host, wherein the computer-readable program provides a user an ability to re-configure the network session during the established network session by input to the information and control console. - View Dependent Claims (34, 35, 36)
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