Patent ID: 6425000
Filing Date: 2002-07-23
Classification: H04L,H04M,Y02D

Abstract:
A system for connecting a plurality of remote computers to a data network, wherein the plurality of remote computers are disconnected from the data network, comprising:a database for storing information regarding the plurality of remote computers, the information including, for each of the plurality of remote computers, a routing address associated with the data network, and a telecommunications address associated with a telecommunications network; an access detector module coupled to the data network for detecting routing addresses embedded in data packets being transmitted over the data network; a database decision module coupled to the database and the access detector module for comparing the detected routing addresses from the access detector module with the routing addresses stored in the database to determine if the data network is attempting to route data packets to one of the disconnected remote computers; and a dialer module coupled to the database decision module for transmitting an activation signal to at least one of the disconnected remote computers using the stored telecommunications address for the remote computer if the database decision module determines that the data network is attempting to route data packets to the at least one disconnected remote computer; wherein the activation signal causes the at least one disconnected remote computer to execute an activation script that causes the remote computer to create a connection to the data network so that the data packets can be routed to the remote computer.