Appeal 2007-1731
Application 10/796,051
INTRODUCTION
The inventions relate to management of communication services from
a service provider by a customer of the provider. The management system
employs an Internet-based architecture that provides access to users’ virtual
private networks via an end user browser. (Abstract.) Claims 7, 13, and 27
are illustrative:
7. A system for authorizing a user of a client to have access to a
server via the Internet comprising:
means in said client for inputting a user identification (ID) and user
password;
means in said client for storing a unique client address;
communication means at said client for passing said ID, password and
address to said server via said Internet in response to a request therefrom;
means at said server to store information respecting said client and to
compare said stored information with said user ID and user password;
means at said server to store dynamic status information respecting
said user, said dynamic status information being one of enabled, disabled or
active; and
means to authorize log in of said user if said ID and password agree
with said stored information and if said user status is enabled.
13. A system for providing context sensitive help information on a
client’s browser screen in response to a help request from a user comprising:
a two frame window on said browser screen including a content frame
window and a dashboard frame window;
a help button associated with said dashboard frame window; and
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