Patent ID: 6618370
Filing Date: 2003-09-09
Classification: H04L,H04Q

Abstract:
A system for providing increased bandwidth for dial-up connections into an internet service provider on a temporary basis in response to customer demand comprising:(a) a first switch in communication with a service control point, a second switch and a shared modem pool, said first switch having a first telephone access number and said second switch having a second telephone access number provisioned with a trigger; and (b) a first remote authentication dial-in user service server in communication with an access server and a second remote authentication dial-in user service server, said access server in communication with the shared modem pool, wherein when a call is received at the second switch having the second telephone access number in a called party field, if the call cannot be terminated, the second switch sends a query message to the service control point, wherein the service control point sends a response to the second switch comprising the second telephone access number in a calling party number field, and the first telephone access number in the called party field, wherein when the first switch terminates the call to the first telephone access number, the access server retrieves the second telephone access number from the calling party number field, the access server answers the call on the shared modem pool, the access server receives a plurality of data, the access server transmits the plurality of data and the second telephone access number to the first remote authentication dial-in user service server, wherein the first remote authentication dial-in user service server identifies the second remote authentication dial-in user service server according to the second telephone access number and transmits the plurality of data to the second remote authentication dial-in user service server, wherein the second remote authentication dial-in user service server verifies the plurality of data and provides a connection instruction to the first remote authentication dial-in user service server, wherein the first remote authentication dial-in user service server transmits the connection instruction to the access server, and wherein the access server sets up a dial-up connection according to the connection instruction.