3com Corporation

David Lindmeir

Jennifer Baker

Methods and systems for configuring communication systems to access public telephone networks. communication systems, such as modems, that connect to public telephone networks are required to meet certain access requirements defined by the telephone network. The present invention provides a list of countries/locations to select from in configuring a communication system to operate with a particular telephone network. The methods and systems also include an import feature to address political changes such as the change of a country's name as well as telephone network equipment changes that necessitate modifying how a communication system and telephone network interact. Because political boundaries do not always indicate differing telephone access requirements, the present invention may also store a unique country/location identifier where the communication system groups political subdivisions together so that a configuration can be associated with a single country/location. The methods and systems further provide for the initial configuration of a communication system as well as for modifying the configuration of a communication system where the communication system needs to operate in distinct countries/locations from time to time. Depending on the circumstances, the present invention may function interactively or may be setup to configure a communication system without user interaction.

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Layton, UT, United States of America

David Lindmeir