Hewlett-packard Development Company, L.P.

Hewlett-packard Company

Terrence L Skaggs

Gary D Zimmerman

David Murray Banks

Anthony J Wiley

Brian W McBride

An addressing system and method are provided for reducing or eliminating an amount of input from an individual into a data communications device to facilitate data transfer. The addressing system facilitates data communications between a number of user devices linked to a data communications network. The addressing system includes a number of globally unique identifiers, each of the globally unique identifiers being associated with a respective one of the user devices linked to the data communications network. The addressing system also includes a number of user names, each of the user names is associated with one of the user devices, the user names being subject to change. A correlation table stored in a central service device that is in data communication with the user devices. The correlation table links each of the user names to a corresponding one of the globally unique identifiers. The central service device employs the globally unique identifiers to search a user database for a number of linking parameters to establish a data transfer between at least two of the user devices in an automated fashion.

Addressing system and method for communicating data

Customer premises equipment ( B) connected to a telephone line ( B), is arranged to be woken up remotely and then to initiate communication with a network-based service system. ( ). In order to avoid the cost involved in having a dedicated phone line for the equipment, the equipment ( B) needs to be able to be woken up in a selective manner that does not have significant impact on the operation of other apparatus that may be connected to the same phone line ( B). Several different techniques are provided for waking up the equipment ( B) and initiating communication with the service system ( ). In one embodiment, equipment wakeup is effected by a call with particular characteristics, the equipment ( B) once woken up calling a network access point ( ) to establish communication with the service system ( ). In another embodiment, a wakeup call is placed via a network access point ( ) and the equipment picks up the call and uses it to establish network access. In other embodiments, the equipment is woken up by means of a wakeup indicator transmitted independently of a normal call on the line connected to the equipment, such as by signalling passed over the phone line or by radio paging.

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Boise, ID, United States of America

Terrence L Skaggs