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A computerized method is provided for connecting a remote computer to a local area network (LAN) via the Internet. An identification is sent to a gateway of a local area network using a publicly accessible communications network, either by a user or by a modem of the remote computer. The gateway use

A computerized method is provided for connecting a remote computer to a local area network (LAN) via the Internet. An identification is sent to a gateway of a local area network using a publicly accessible communications network, either by a user or by a modem of the remote computer. The gateway uses the sent identification to index a database and read a profile record specifying an Internet Service Provider. The gateway makes a request of the specified Internet Service Provider to assign an IP address. Upon receiving the assigned IP address, the gateway sends a mail message including the Internet address to a mailbox at a mailbox address specified in the indexed profile record. The user of the remote computer reads the mail message to obtain the IP address, and the dynamically assigned IP address can then be used to connect the remote computer to a local area network (LAN) via the Internet.

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[ I claim:] [1.] A computerized method for connecting a remote computer to a local area network over the Internet, comprising the steps of:responsive to telephonically receiving identification information, indexing a database of a gateway of the local area network by the identification to read a pro

[ I claim:] [1.] A computerized method for connecting a remote computer to a local area network over the Internet, comprising the steps of:responsive to telephonically receiving identification information, indexing a database of a gateway of the local area network by the identification to read a profile record specifying an Internet Service Provider;connecting the gateway to the specified Internet Service Provider;receiving an IP address assignment from the specified Internet Service Provider;sending a mail message including the IP address assigned by the Internet Service Provider to a mailbox at a mailbox address specified in the indexed profile record;reading the mail message by the remote computer to obtain the IP address; andconnecting the remote computer to the local area network via the Internet and using the assigned IP address.