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Network access arrangement

  • US 7,526,528 B2
  • Filed: 03/06/2001
  • Issued: 04/28/2009
  • Est. Priority Date: 03/24/2000
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A method of operating a network access apparatus connected between at least one communications terminal and a network, said network access apparatus including a store populated with at least one network address allocated to a communications terminal, said method comprising:

  • receiving a request from a communications terminal for a file stored in said network, said file request including an originating network address;

    comparing said originating network address with the contents of said store;

    in the event that said comparing step finds said originating network address in said store, returning a substituted file to said communications terminal in place of said requested file and deleting said originating network address from said store; and

    in the event that said comparing step does not find said originating network address in said store, returning the requested file thereby avoiding continued return of a substituted file.

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