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Method and apparatus for controlling network connections based on destination locations

  • US 7,010,603 B2
  • Filed: 08/17/1998
  • Issued: 03/07/2006
  • Est. Priority Date: 08/17/1998
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A method for providing a network connection between a network browser and a network, the network browser operating on a client machine, said method comprising:

  • (a) selecting a particular network address to access a server machine coupled to the network, the server machine being identified by the particular network address;

    (b) subsequently providing a network connection between the network browser and the server machine in accordance with connection information associated with the particular network address; and

    (c) accessing the server machine located at the particular network address using the network connection,wherein the connection information is retrieved by accessing a configuration table that resides in the client machine, and locating the connection information stored in the configuration table indexed by at least a part of the particular network address, andwherein the connection information stored in the configuration table is received at the client device over the network.

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