Abstract: Methods and apparatus for automatic security checking in systems that monitor for improper network usage are disclosed. An example system to mitigate improper network usage disclosed herein comprises an alert processor to determine whether to issue a notification in response to an activity alert corresponding to monitored usage of a communication network by a user device, wherein the monitored usage occurs after the user device has been granted access to the communication network, and an automatic verifier to respond to the activity alert by causing at least one of an automatic validation command or an automatic disconnect command to be sent to the user device before the alert processor determines whether to issue the notification.

Abstract: Methods and apparatus for automatic security checking in systems that monitor for improper network usage are disclosed. An example system to mitigate improper network usage disclosed herein comprises an alert processor to determine whether to issue a notification in response to an activity alert corresponding to monitored usage of a communication network by a user device, wherein the monitored usage occurs after the user device has been granted access to the communication network, and an automatic verifier to respond to the activity alert by causing at least one of an automatic validation command or an automatic disconnect command to be sent to the user device before the alert processor determines whether to issue the notification.

Abstract: The information retrieval method and apparatus includes a group of geographically widely-distributed terminals, which accept a remotely located host computer. Each terminal includes a memory for storing a plurality of items of call origination information. A call original circuit transmits individual ones of the items of call origination information via a communication path to the switching system for causing it to extend the path to the host computer. Logic circuits transfer a first one of the items of call origination information indicative of the geographically shortest communication path, to the call origination circuit in an attempt to extend a communication path, of the geographically shortest length, to the host computer. If the attempt proves unsuccessful, the logic circuit sends automatically a second one of the items of call origination information, indicative of the next shortest communication path length.