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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 25, 2011
Filed:
Feb. 12, 2004
Kenneth Roger Jones, Cool, CA (US);
Brian A. Gonsalves, Antioch, CA (US);
Marc Andrew Sullivan, Austin, TX (US);
Philip Ted Kortum, Austin, TX (US);
Jeffrey Multach, San Antonio, TX (US);
Kenneth Roger Jones, Cool, CA (US);
Brian A. Gonsalves, Antioch, CA (US);
Marc Andrew Sullivan, Austin, TX (US);
Philip Ted Kortum, Austin, TX (US);
Jeffrey Multach, San Antonio, TX (US);
AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P., Reno, NV (US);
Abstract
In a particular embodiment, the disclosure is directed to a method of making a digital subscriber line (DSL) connection to a remote network. The method includes detecting the presence of a powered-on network capable device that is connected to a DSL modem; establishing a network connection over a DSL line to the remote network after detecting the presence of the powered on network capable device; terminating the network connection over the DSL line after detecting an absence of network capable devices connected to the DSL modem; and releasing network resources supported by the remote network after the network connection is terminated.