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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 23, 2002
Filed:
Jan. 22, 1999
Anthony L. Alles, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Arthur Lin, San Ramon, CA (US);
Juha Ilari Heinanen, Pirkkala, FI;
Nortel Networks Limited, St. Laurent, CA;
Abstract
This invention provides an Internet Access Provider (IAP) a simple mechanism to steer users to given Internet services, such as the Web pages, of sponsors. The mechanism allows a sponsor to grant a dial-in user unlimited access to the Internet after the user has first accessed its Internet services. The invention is thus important for any IAP that wants to receive income from sponsors by steering Internet users to their services. In the ultimate case, an IAP could receive all its income from sponsors and thus be able to offer the Internet access for free. The key characteristics of the present invention is that a user is steered to the Internet services of a sponsor based on a sponsor specific called telephone number or a sponsor specific login name.