Enabling communications of electronic data between an information requestor and a geographically proximate service provider
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1. A method for enabling electronic communications between the Internet and a client system comprising:
- receiving, at a primary communications system configured to act as an access point to the Internet for data communications between the client system and the Internet, a request to access the Internet that is directed to the primary communication system, wherein the request is issued by an online identity operating the client system;
processing the request at the primary communication system;
identifying at the primary communication system, based on the processed request, a secondary communications system that is more optimally suited for providing Internet access to the client'"'"'s system than the primary communications system; and
enabling configuration of the client system to direct subsequent Internet access requests from the client system and to use the secondary communications system as an access point to the Internet for subsequent data communications between the client system and the Internet, such that the subsequent data communications between the client and the Internet pass through the secondary communications system.
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Abstract
Systems and methods for transferring electronic data comprising receiving a request to access a communications system at a first geographic location from a client located at a second geographic location remote from the first geographic location; identifying a proxy local to the client in the second geographic location; and receiving subsequent data requests from the client at the proxy.
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1. A method for enabling electronic communications between the Internet and a client system comprising:
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receiving, at a primary communications system configured to act as an access point to the Internet for data communications between the client system and the Internet, a request to access the Internet that is directed to the primary communication system, wherein the request is issued by an online identity operating the client system; processing the request at the primary communication system; identifying at the primary communication system, based on the processed request, a secondary communications system that is more optimally suited for providing Internet access to the client'"'"'s system than the primary communications system; and enabling configuration of the client system to direct subsequent Internet access requests from the client system and to use the secondary communications system as an access point to the Internet for subsequent data communications between the client system and the Internet, such that the subsequent data communications between the client and the Internet pass through the secondary communications system. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. A method for enabling electronic communications with the Internet at a client system, comprising:
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submitting a request to access the Internet that is directed to a primary communications system configured to act as an access point to the Internet for data communications between the client system and the Internet, wherein the request is issued by an online identity operating the client system; receiving from the primary communications system, an indication of a secondary communications system that is more geographically proximate to the geographic location of the client system than the primary communications system; reconfiguring the client system to submit future access requests to the secondary communications system based on the indication received; submitting future requests to access the Internet from the client system to the secondary communications system; and reconfiguring the client system to direct communications to the Internet, which are subsequent to access from the client system, to the secondary communications system.
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18. A method for enabling electronic communications between a client and the Internet at a secondary communications system that is more geographically proximate to a geographic location of the client system than a primary communications system, comprising:
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receiving, from a primary communications system configured to act as an access point to the Internet for data communications between the client system and the Internet, an indication to process requests to access the Internet that are issued by an online identity operating a client system, where the access requests are configured to enable access to the Internet; based on the indication received, reconfiguring the secondary communications system to process requests to access the Internet from the client system; and subsequent to Internet access by the client system through the secondary communications system, receiving data communications between the client system and the Internet at the secondary communications system. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30)
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