Patent ID: 6138160
Filing Date: 2000-10-24
Classification: H04L,Y02D

Abstract:
A system for facilitating dial up connections between two application partners through the Internet, the system comprising:a wake up server connected to the Internet;a database accessed by the wake up server and containing telephone numbers of all application partners; anda wake up monitor on each application partner that monitors a telephone line and detects when a ring occurs;when a first application partner is unable to deliver a request or response to a second application partner, a request is sent by the first application partner to the wake up server to activate the second application partner, the wake up server in response dials a telephone number of the second application partner and waits for ringing to occur before disconnecting, the wake up monitor for the second application partner detects the ring and dials to connect the second application partner to the Internet so that when the first application partner tries to send the response or request again to the second application partner, the process will now be successful.