Patent ID: 6493751
Filing Date: 2002-12-10
Classification: H04L,Y10S

Abstract:
Computer executable instructions stored on a computer readable medium, the executable instructions for setting communications network parameters to connect a communications device to a communications network, the executable instructions for performing steps comprising:initiating a user interface dialog for input of at least one of a plurality of network configuration profiles, including: (a) a location profile that includes at least one parameter needed to connect the communications device to a wide area network (WAN) communications network; (b) a dial-up network profile that includes at least one parameter needed to connect the communications device to a remote network node via the WAN; (c) a local area network (LAN) profile that includes at least one parameter needed to connect the communications device directly to a local area network (LAN) communications network; and (d) a general networking profile that includes at least one parameter that identifies a network resource that can be accessed by the communications device via the WAN or the LAN; storing at least one network configuration profile inputted via the user interface dialog into a data storage location; configuring the communications device in accordance with the contents of the data storage location, whereby the communications device is thereafter enabled to communicate via the communications network; and automatically calculating a dialing parameter based upon the contents of the location profile and the dial-up network profile, the dialing parameter thereafter being used to establish a connection between the communications device and the remote network node via the WAN communications network.