Patent ID: 6128601
Filing Date: 2000-10-03
Classification: G06F,G06Q,H04L

Abstract:
A method of providing communication among a client system, server system and an electronic communication network, the client system running client software for managing the communications between the client system and the electronic communications network, the server system running server software for managing communications between a plurality of client systems and the electronic communications network, and the server system in electronic communication with a plurality of access ports, the method comprising:sending a welcome signal from the server to a first one of the access ports;determining in the server whether a confirmation signal has been received in the first one of the access ports;conducting a handshake sequence in the server system if the determining step determines that the confirmation signal has been received in the first one of the access ports; andif the determining step determines that a confirmation signal has not been received, repeating the sending and determining steps.