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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 06, 2003
Filed:
Oct. 12, 2001
Jude Gerard Dieterman, Naperville, IL (US);
Michael Eric Cloran, Chicago, IL (US);
Tracy James Snell, Orlando, FL (US);
Other;
Abstract
The present disclosure discloses a method for updating computer configuration settings. The method involves a client establishing a communications link with a network service provider. The network service provider determines the optimal configuration settings for the client. The client then receives the optimal configuration settings from the service provider, and stores the optimal configuration settings for subsequent use. Also disclosed is a method in which the configuration settings include telephone numbers through which the client communicates with the service provider. Finally, methods are disclosed in which the optimal configuration settings are determined using combinations of the client's telephone number along with the location, cost, and/or capacity of service provider access numbers.