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US 6,584,506 B1Granted
Selecting communication link between client and server
AssigneeWebTV Networks, Inc.
InventorsStephen G. Perlman, Phillip Y. Goldman
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AssigneeWebTV Networks, Inc.
InventorsStephen G. Perlman, Phillip Y. Goldman
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A client is coupled to a modem pool and a server by a communication link in a wide area network. The client allows a user to browse the World Wide Web in response to user inputs entered at the client device. The communication link to the client is shared by a telephone circuit at the client end of the link. A disruption in communication with the server may occur due to a Call Waiting signal caused by an incoming telephone call, or due to another user picking up a telephone extension associated with the client. In response to such a disruption, the client saves the browsing status after which communication with the server is terminated. When the telephone line is once again available for connecting to the server, the client uses the browsing information saved to reconnect to the Web page that was displayed by the client at the time of the disruption.
In a first processing system capable of communicating with a second processing system over a communication link, the communication link including a telephone line connected to the first processing system, a method comprising:
In a first processing system capable of communicating with a second processing system over a communication link, the communication link including a telephone line connected to the first processing system, a method comprising:
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