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Automatic dialer responsive to network programming interface access

  • US 5,802,304 A
  • Filed: 04/18/1996
  • Issued: 09/01/1998
  • Est. Priority Date: 04/18/1996
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. In a computer having a modem, a system for automatically dialing to establish a dial-up connection to a remote computer network, comprising:

  • a network programming interface having a set of application programming interfaces that can be invoked to provide communications services with the remote computer network; and

    an installable automatic dialer for hooking requests to the application programming interfaces, for determining based on the requests whether a network application is attempting to communicate with the remote computer network, and if so, for initiating dialing by the modem to establish the dial-up connection whereby the dial-up connection to the remote computer network is automatically established when the network application attempts to communicate with the remote computer network using the network programming interface.

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