Universal access multimedia data network

A data network comprising:

• a wide area data internetwork (Internet);
• a plurality of customer premises processor terminals;
• a plurality of information providers connected to said Internet;
• a plurality of Internet service providers providing selective connection to information providers via said Internet;
• a public switched telephone network providing selective connection of said customer premises processor terminals and said information providers and said Internet service providers;
• said public switched telephone network including a telephone Internet service provider network which includes:
• a local area network (LAN) connecting said customer premises processor terminals to a control node in said LAN through asymmetric digital subscriber line connections;
• a router connected to said node;
• a domain name service server connected to said router;
• a dynamic host configuration protocol server connected to said router;
• a switched data network connecting said router to said Internet service providers and said information providers;
• said telephone Internet service provider network using TCP/IP protocol for connecting to said Internet service providers and said information providers and using protocol other than TCP/IP protocol within said switched data network and in connecting to said customer premises processor terminals through said LAN;
• said telephone Internet service provider network providing to customer premises processor terminals dynamic assignment of temporary Internet addresses and domain name translations when said customer premises processor terminals come on-line.

A data network comprising:

• a wide area data internetwork (Internet);
• a plurality of customer premises processor terminals;
• a plurality of information providers connected to said Internet;
• a plurality of Internet service providers providing selective connection to information providers via said Internet;
• a public switched telephone network providing selective connection of said customer premises processor terminals and said information providers and said Internet service providers;
• said public switched telephone network including a telephone Internet service provider network which includes:
• a local area network (LAN) connecting said customer premises processor terminals to a control node in said LAN through asymmetric digital subscriber line connections;
• a router connected to said node;
• a domain name service server connected to said router;
• a dynamic host configuration protocol server connected to said router;
• a storage of Internet addresses segregated by association with Internet service providers;
• a switched data network connecting said router to said Internet service providers and said information providers;
• said telephone Internet service provider network using TCP/IP protocol for connecting to said Internet service providers and said information providers and using protocol other than TCP/IP protocol within said switched data network;
• said telephone Internet service provider network providing to customer premises processor terminals dynamic assignment of temporary Internet addresses and domain name to Internet address translations when said customer premises processor terminals come on-line, said Internet addresses being selected from a segregated group in correspondence with the customer premise terminal affiliation with the Internet service provider associated with said group.

A data network comprising:

• a wide area data internetwork (Internet);
• a plurality of customer premises processor terminals;
• a plurality of information providers connected to said Internet;
• a plurality of Internet service providers providing selective connection to information providers via said Internet;
• a public switched telephone network providing selective connection of said customer premises processor terminals and said information providers and said Internet service providers;
• said public switched telephone network including a telephone Internet service provider network which includes:
• a local area network (LAN) connecting said customer premises processor terminals to a control node in said LAN through asymmetric digital subscriber line connections;
• a router connected to said node;
• a domain name service server connected to said router;
• a dynamic host configuration protocol server connected to said router;
• a storage of Internet addresses segregated by association with Internet service providers;
• a switched data network connecting said router to said Internet service providers and said information providers;
• said telephone Internet service provider network using TCP/IP protocol for connecting to said Internet service providers and said information providers and using protocol other than TCP/IP protocol within said switched data network;
• said telephone Internet service provider network providing to customer premises processor terminals dynamic assignment of temporary Internet addresses and domain name to Internet address translations when said customer premises processor terminals come on-line, said Internet addresses being selected from a segregated group in correspondence with the customer premise terminal affiliation with the Internet service provider associated with said group.

A data network comprising:

• a wide area data internetwork (Internet);
• a plurality of customer premises processor terminals;
• a plurality of information providers connected to said Internet;
• a plurality of Internet service providers providing selective connection to information providers via said Internet;
• a public switched telephone network providing selective connection of said customer premises processor terminals and said information providers and said Internet service providers;
• said public switched telephone network including a telephone Internet service provider network which includes:
• a local area network (LAN) connecting said customer premises processor terminals to a control node in said LAN through asymmetric digital subscriber line connections;
• a router connected to said node;
• a domain name service server connected to said router;
• a dynamic host configuration protocol server connected to said router;
• a switched data network connecting said router to said Internet service providers and said information providers;
• said telephone Internet service provider network using TCP/IP protocol for connecting to said Internet service providers and said information providers and using protocol other than said TCP/IP protocol within said switched data network;
• said telephone Internet service provider network providing to customer premises processor terminals dynamic assignment of temporary Internet addresses and domain name translations following authentication.

A data network comprising:

• a wide area data internetwork (Internet);
• a plurality of customer premises processor terminals;
• a plurality of information providers connected to said Internet;
• a plurality of Internet service providers providing selective connection to information providers via said Internet;
• a public switched telephone network providing selective connection of said customer premises processor terminals and said information providers and said Internet service providers;
• said public switched telephone network including a telephone Internet service provider network which includes:
• a local area network (LAN) connecting said customer premises processor terminals to a control node in said LAN through asymmetric digital subscriber line connections;
• a router connected to said node;
• a domain name service server connected to said router;
• a dynamic host configuration protocol server connected to said router;
• a storage of domain name to Internet address translations associated with said domain name service server;
• a switched data network connecting said router to said Internet service providers and said information providers;
• said telephone Internet service provider network using TCP/IP protocol for connecting to said Internet service providers and said information providers and using protocol other than TCP/IP protocol within said switched data network;
• said telephone Internet service provider network providing to customer premises processor terminals dynamic assignment of temporary Internet addresses and domain name to Internet address translations and updating said storage of said storage of domain name to Internet address translations when an assignment of an Internet address is accepted.

A method of establishing connection from a customer premises processor terminal to an Internet connected information service provider via a switched wired telecommunications network comprising the steps of:

• establishing a dedicated asymmetric digital subscriber line (ADSL) connection from said customer premises processor terminal to a node on premises of said telecommunications network;
• requesting assignment of a temporary Internet address;
• assigning a temporary Internet address to the requesting entity;
• translating a domain name for said Internet connected information service provider to an Internet address;
• and
• using said translated Internet address to connect said customer premises processor terminal to said Internet connected service provider via said dedicated asymmetric digital subscriber line connection from said customer premises processor terminal to said node on premises of said telecommunications network and via a telephone Internet service provider network in said telecommunications network.

In a data network comprising:

• a wide area data internetwork (Internet);
• a plurality of customer premises processor terminals;
• a plurality of hosts connected to said Internet;
• a public switched telephone network providing selective connection of said customer premises processor terminals and said hosts;
• said public switched telephone network including a telephone Internet service provider network which includes:
• a local area network (LAN) connecting said customer premises processor terminals to a control node in said LAN;
• a router connected to said node;
• a domain name service server connected to said router;
• a dynamic host configuration protocol server connected to said router;
• a storage of domain name to Internet address translations associated with said domain name service server;
• a switched data network connecting said router to said hosts;
• a method comprising the steps of:
• requesting from said dynamic host configuration protocol server with one of said customer premises processor terminals an Internet connection;
• responding to an authentication request by inputting to said customer premises processor terminal the requested authentication;
• responding to an Internet address offered by said dynamic host configuration protocol server with an acceptance;
• updating said domain name service server from said dynamic host configuration protocol server to reflect the assignment of said accepted Internet address to said customer premises processor terminal;
• requesting from said customer premises processor terminal to said domain name service server connection to said host;
• and
• connecting said customer premises processor terminal to said host.

A method of establishing connection from a customer premises processor terminal to an Internet connected information service provider via a switched wired telecommunications network comprising the steps of:

• establishing a digital subscriber line connection from said customer premises processor terminal to a node on premises of said telecommunications network;
• requesting assignment of a temporary Internet address from a dynamic host configuration protocol server via said node;
• requesting authentication from said dynamic host configuration protocol server to said customer premises processor terminal via said node;
• transmitting said authentication from said customer premises processor terminal to said dynamic host configuration protocol server via said node;
• assigning a temporary Internet address to the requesting customer premises processor terminal;
• requesting information from said customer premises processor terminal to said host via said node.