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US 6,725,290 B1Granted
Persistent modem connection
AssigneeEnfora, Inc.
InventorsKenneth Matthew Glover, Doug Bohls, James He
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Abstract
The invention provides systems, methods, and devices that automatically create and maintain a wireless connection to a remote computer network. In one embodiment, the method creates and maintains a persistent modem connection by searching for an unconnected modem, detecting an unconnected modem; and initiating a dial-up to a computer network.
Claims17
A method for establishing a persistent modem connection, comprising:
- searching for a single unconnected wireless modem;
- detecting the single unconnected wireless modem;
- and
- automatically initiating and running a dial-up to a single network for the single unconnected wireless modem regardless of whether an attempt to communicate with the network is detected;
- wherein the automatic initiating and running occurs based on at least one of a following event from a group consisting of:
- an initial availability of the single unconnected wireless modem;
- and
- a disconnection of the single unconnected wireless modem from the single network after the wireless modem has been connected, wherein the disconnection is unintentional and may occur during a data transfer.
5 more elements
A data storage medium having thereon a means for establishing a persistent modem connection, comprising:
- means for searching for a single unconnected wireless modem;
- means for detecting the unconnected wireless modem;
- and
- means for automatically initiating a dial up to a single network for the unconnected wireless regardless of whether an attempt to communicate with the network is detected modem;
- wherein the means for initiating occurs based on at least one of a following event from a group consisting of:
- an initial availability of the unconnected wireless modem;
- and
- a disconnection of the unconnected wireless modem from the single network after the wireless modem has been connected, wherein the disconnection is unintentional and may occur during a data transfer.
5 more elements
A computer readable medium comprising instructions for:
- searching for a single unconnected wireless modem;
- detecting the unconnected wireless modem;
- automatically dialing-up to a single network for the unconnected wireless modem regardless of whether an attempt to communicate with the network is detected;
- automatically connecting the unconnected wireless modem to the network;
- detecting a disconnect of the connected wireless modem from the network;
- automatically dialing-up to the single network for the disconnected wireless modem;
- and
- automatically connecting the disconnected wireless modem to the network;
- wherein the disconnect is unintentional and may occur during a data transfer;
- and
- wherein the unconnected modem and the disconnected wireless modem are a same modem.
8 more elements
A method for restoring a program, comprising:
- searching for a single unconnected wireless modem;
- detecting the unconnected wireless modem;
- automatically dialing-up to a single network for the unconnected wireless modem regardless of whether an attempt to communicate with the network is detected;
- automatically connecting the unconnected wireless modem to the network;
- detecting a disconnect of the connected wireless modem from the network, wherein the disconnect is unintentional and may occur during a data transfer;
- automatically dialing-up to the network for the disconnected wireless modem;
- automatically connecting the disconnected wireless modem to the network;
- and
- restoring a program in use during the disconnect detection, the restoring comprising:
- retrieving the program in a form it was last saved;
- and
- regenerating stored user commands related to the program.
9 more elements
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.