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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 13, 2012
Filed:
Feb. 22, 2010
Applicant:
Marwan Zebian, Agoura Hills, CA (US);
Inventor:
Marwan Zebian, Agoura Hills, CA (US);
Assignee:
NetZero, Inc., Woodland Hills, CA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 15/16 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
The present invention describes an automatic dialer for determining relative rankings of network access numbers from within a group of available network access numbers known as an available NAN list, and for facilitating selection of a network access number to use for a connection from a client device to a data network. Various factors are considered in determining the rankings of the network access numbers. The factors include connection costs, quality of connection.