Micro-localized internet service center

Abstract

An Internet access system to be used by organizations such as hotels and the like uses local service centers adapted by first modems to in-house telephone wiring at separate premises maintained by the sponsoring organization. The modem connecting the local service center to the in-house telephone wiring is assigned a specific extension number on the in-house telephone system. The service center connects calls at the first modem to a converter that is adapted to provide Internet access through a line interface unit (LIU) to the calls answered at the first modem. A user configures a dial-up profile on his/her computer, usually a portable computer, with the extension number of the first modem, and uses this profile when resident at the hotel or other sponsoring premise. The user then is connected to the Internet at a local connection without having to have the dial-up profile and possibly script files to gain access otherwise.

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