Method and apparatus for controlling network connections based on destination locations

A computer readable medium including computer program code for retrieving a resource from a remote server on a network, said computer readable medium comprising:

• computer program code for receiving a destination identity for a resource to be obtained from a remote server on a network;
• computer program code for obtaining connection information associated with the destination identity, said computer code for obtaining the connection information includes at least computer code for accessing a configuration table, and computer code for locating the connection information in the configuration table based on the destination identity;
• computer program code for providing a network connection to the network in accordance with the obtained connection information that is associated with the destination identity;
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• computer program code for retrieving, over the network connection, the resource from the remote server on the network at a location identified by the destination identity,
• wherein the configuration table is provided at a client machine, and wherein the connection information stored in the configuration table is downloaded to the configuration table over the network.

A mobile device capable of connecting to a network of computers through a wireless link, said mobile device comprising:

• a display screen that displays graphics and text;
• an application that requests and receives information from the network of computers;
• a configuration table containing connection information stored indexed by network addresses associated with the network of computers;
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• a connection controller that receives a request to access a resource from one of the computers of the network of computers using a network resource locator, retrieve connection information associated with the network resource locator from said configuration table, establish or adjust a network connection to the network of computers in accordance with the retrieved connection information from said configuration table, and thereafter retrieve the resource from the one of the computers of the network of computers via the network connection,
• wherein the connection information stored in the configuration table is downloaded to said configuration table over at least the wireless link.