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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 12, 2002
Filed:
Nov. 08, 1999
Applicant:
Inventors:
Wilhelm Müller, Wörth, DE;
Seppo Takanen, München, DE;
Assignee:
Siemens Aktiengesellschaft, Munich, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 1/266 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 1/266 ;
Abstract
A device for transmitting communications data between a computer and further computers of a computer network, in particular the Internet, via a communications (i.e. telephone) network. The device has a memory for storing address data which contains at least two different Internet addresses or telephone numbers of the communications network at which a user can access the computer network. A selection unit selects the most economical Internet access, or the respective telephone number of the Internet provider, as a function of the cost data provided for each of the stored Internet addresses.