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AssigneeEfficient Networks, Inc.
InventorsAkkamapet P. Sundarraj, James R. Pickering, Douglas Moe, Melvin Paul Perinchery
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Methods and systems consistent with the present invention provide broadband subscribers with dynamic, automatic routing information for accessing services offered by a service provider network (35) and/or content provider networks (40, 45). Client software on the subscriber's computer (10) retrieves a file such as an HyperText Markup Language (HTML) document from a predetermined server containing connection-oriented routing information for gaining access to various network services. The client software parses the HTML document and extracts the routing information. The client software then uses this routing information to populate and manipulate the subscriber computer (10) routing table.
A method of obtaining routing information by a client component, in a broadband communications system comprising a subscriber-data-processing system and at least one content-provider-data-processing system, and said subscriber-data-processing system includes a client component of a broadband-access program, the method comprising:
A computer-readable medium containing instructions that when executed by a computer system causes said computer system to perform a method, said computer system including a client program on a subscriber-computer system and a server program on a provider-computer system, the method comprising:
A method of obtaining routing information by a client component, wherein in a broadband communications system comprising a subscriber-data-processing system and at least one content-provider-data-processing system, and wherein said subscriber-data-processing system includes a client component of a broadband-access program, the method comprising:
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