Patent · US Expired

Device for transmitting communications data of a computer via a communication network

US6356541B1 · kind B1 · utility

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3References

26Claims

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Assignee

Siemens Aktiengesellschaft · DE

Inventors

Wilhelm Müller · Sassenberg, DE
Seppo Takanen · Hersbruck, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Nov 8, 1999
Grant date	Mar 12, 2002
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Nov 8, 2019

Classification

Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
CPC primaryH04W8/183
WIPO fieldDigital communication
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A device for transmitting communications data between a computer and further computers of a computer network, in particular the Internet, via a communications (i.e. telephone) network. The device has a memory for storing address data which contains at least two different Internet addresses or telephone numbers of the communications network at which a user can access the computer network. A selection unit selects the most economical Internet access, or the respective telephone number of the Internet provider, as a function of the cost data provided for each of the stored Internet addresses.

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