Abstract: Various services within a computer system are automatically set up as users are added to the system through a directory service. A user template is selected that already contains default settings for each of the services available on a system such as e-mail and a web service. Various user templates exist and contain different default settings for each available service depending upon the user. Default settings from each service are copied onto a new user form. Next, default settings from the selected user template are copied to the new user form and override any conflicting default settings from the services. The default settings from the new user form are used to automatically set up and enable each service for the new user. The data from the new user form is copied into a central account database that contains rows of user information, with columns corresponding to a particular service. Each user is automatically enabled for use with available services including an e-mail account and a generated web page.

Abstract: An Internet access device uses an automatic configuration process to handle the task of configuring the Internet access device at a customer site for communication with the Internet. Once configured, the customer has electronic mail and other access to the Internet from his local area network. A not yet configured Internet access device is shipped directly to a customer without having to be manually configured first. The customer enters a registration identification number and a telephone number onto the Internet access device. The Internet access device then automatically connects to the Internet, downloads configuration data from a configuration server containing customer site specific configuration data, and then automatically configures itself for communication with the Internet. The Internet access device is simple to install for a customer and provides valuable features such as a router, firewall, e-mail gateway, web server, and other servers.

Abstract: In a GaAs integrated circuit, a voltage reference generator includes a pair of Schottky diodes and a first, current-source connected, depletion-mode MESFET coupled in series to conduct current from a ground node to a voltage supply node. The current-source connected FET causes a constant current to flow from the ground node through the diodes, producing a constant voltage drop which generates a constant reference voltage at a reference node between the diodes and FET. A second pair of Schottky diodes is connected in series between the source of the FET and the voltage supply node, in a loop coupling the source to the gate of the FET, to provide a voltage difference Vgs across the FET proportional to voltage drop across the second pair of diodes. This voltage difference varies with fabrication process and temperature variations and causes the first FET to modify the amount of current flow to compensate so as to maintain a constant voltage drop across the first pair of diodes.