1. A method for remotely managing a network, comprising:
providing a first client network comprising a first client network management system;
providing a second client network comprising a second client network management system;
providing a service provider network management system, wherein said service provider network management system is provided with an address of said first client network management system and an address of said second client network management system;
providing a communication link between said first client network management system and said service provider network management system;
providing a communication link between said second client network management system and said service provider network management system;
in response to said first client network management system initiating a communication addressed to said service provider network management system, wherein said service provider network management system cannot initiate communications with said first client network, wherein communications from said service provider network management system to said first client network management system are only completed as part of a response to a communication initiated by said first client network management system, and wherein said communication addressed to said service provider network management system is formatted according to an Internet protocol; the step of:
establishing at least a first virtual network management system on said service provider network management system, wherein said first virtual network management system comprises a database that mirrors said first client network management system, and wherein a technician using said service provider network management system can manage said first client network without having real time access to said first client network; and
in response to said second client network management system initiating a communication addressed to said service provider network management system, wherein said service provider network management system cannot initiate communications with said second client network, wherein communications from said service provider network management system to said second client network management system are only completed as part of a response to a communication initiated by said second client network management system, and wherein said communication addressed to said service provider network management system is formatted according to an Internet protocol; the step of:
establishing at least a second virtual network management system on said service provider network management system, wherein said second virtual network management system comprises a database that mirrors said second client network management system, and wherein a technician using said service provider network management system can manage said second client network without having real time access to said second client network.
2. The method of claim 1, further comprising:
generating in said service provider network management system an acknowledgment of said communication, wherein said acknowledgement comprises at least one of a request for data and data for use by said client network.
3. The method of claim 1, wherein said Internet protocol comprises HTTPS.
4. The method of claim 1, wherein said first client network comprises a virtual private network.
5. The method of claim 1, wherein said first client network comprises a private branch exchange.
6. A system for remotely managing a network, comprising:
a first client network, comprising:
a first plurality of communication nodes;
a communication link interconnecting said nodes;
a first client server;
a first client network management system;
a second client network, comprising:
a second plurality of communication nodes;
a communication link interconnecting said nodes;
a second client server;
a second client network management system;
a service provider network management system, comprising:
a first virtual database including a mirrored copy of said first client network management system of said first client network, wherein said first virtual database is established in response to said first client network management system initiating a communication addressed to said service provider network management system, wherein a technician using said service provider network management system can access said first virtual database to manage said first client network without having real time access to said first client network;
a second virtual database including a mirrored copy of said second client network management system of said second client network wherein said second virtual database is established in response to said second client network management system initiating a communication addressed to said provider network management system, wherein a technician using said service provider network management system can access said second virtual database to manage said second client network without having real time access to said first client network;
a communication network interconnecting said first and second client networks and said service provider network, wherein communication between said first and second client networks and said service provider network may be initiated by one of said client networks and may not be initiated by said service provider network, and wherein said communication between one of said client networks and said service provider network is formatted according to an Internet protocol.
7. The system of claim 6, wherein at least a first of said communication nodes comprises a telephone.
8. The system of claim 6, wherein said first client network comprises a private branch exchange communications network.
9. The system of claim 6, wherein said client server of said first client network stores configuration information regarding said first client network.
10. The system of claim 9, wherein said configuration information can be at least one of altered and replaced with configuration information received from said service provider network management system in response to a communication initiated by one of said first and second client networks.
11. The system of claim 6, wherein said communication link comprises an Internet protocol communication link.
12. A method for remotely managing a client network from a service provider network management system, comprising:
receiving at said service provider network a first communication formatted according to an Internet protocol from a first client network management system;
generating a response to said first communication, wherein said response comprises at least one of substantive information related to operational aspects of a first client network obtained from a first virtual network management system related to said first client network management system and a request for data for inclusion in said first virtual network management system, and wherein a communication initiated by said service provider and addressed to said first client network that is other than a response to a communication from said first client network management system will not receive a response from said first client network;
receiving at said service provider network a second communication formatted according to an Internet protocol from a second client network management system;
generating a response to said second communication, wherein said response comprises at least one of substantive information related to operational aspects of a second client network obtained from a second virtual network management system related to said second client network management system and a request for data for inclusion in said second virtual network management system, and wherein a communication initiated by said service provider and addressed to said second client network that is other than a response to a communication from said second client network management system will not receive a response from said second client network.
13. The method of claim 12, wherein said substantive information comprises at least one of data, a request for data, and network administration information.
14. The method of claim 12, wherein said virtual client network comprises substantive information related to operational aspects of at least a first client network.
15. The method of claim 12, wherein said second communication comprises substantive information related to operational aspects of said client network.
16. The method of claim 12, wherein said Internet protocol comprises HTTPS.
The claims below are in addition to those above.
All refrences to claim(s) which appear below refer to the numbering after this setence.
1. Method for producing a multi-ply web comprising at least three plies of flexible material by gluing the plies, which comprises:
bringing a first patterned glue transfer roll, having a three dimensional pattern of protuberances in contact with a first glue application device, and transferring glue to a first web shaped flexible material in a first press nip in a first glue pattern corresponding to the configuration of the protuberances;
bringing a second web shaped flexible material in contact with the glue applied side of said first web shaped flexible material in a second press nip between a first patterned lamination roll having a three dimensional pattern of protuberances corresponding to the pattern of said first patterned glue transfer roll and an impression roll;
driving the first glue transfer and lamination rolls in registry with each other, so that the first and second web shaped flexible materials are pressed and glued together in a pattern corresponding to the configuration of the protuberances of said first glue transfer roll;
bringing a second patterned glue transfer roll having a three dimensional pattern of protuberances in contact with a second glue application device, and transferring glue to one external side of the combined first and second web shaped flexible materials in a third press nip in a second glue pattern corresponding to the configuration of the protuberances of said second glue transfer roll; said pattern being applied offset with respect to the glue pattern applied by the first glue transfer roll;
bringing a third web shaped flexible material in contact with the glue applied side of said combined first and second web shaped flexible materials in a fourth press nip between a second patterned lamination roll having a three dimensional pattern of protuberances corresponding to the pattern of said second glue transfer roll and an impression roll; the second glue transfer and lamination rolls being in registry with each other, so that the third web shaped flexible material is pressed and glued to the combined first and second web shaped flexible materials in a pattern corresponding to the configuration of the protuberances of said second glue transfer roll.
2. Method as claimed in claim 1, wherein at least one of the web shaped flexible materials before lamination with the other web shaped materials is exerted to a three dimensional patterning provided on the material while wet, during drying of the wet material or in dry state.
3. Method as claimed in claim 1, wherein substantially all glue sites of the second glue pattern are applied offset with respect to the glue sites of the first glue pattern.
4. Method as claimed in claim 1, wherein the size of each glue site amounts to between 0.15 and 150 mm2.
5. Method as claimed in claim 1, wherein the number of glue sites per unit area amounts to between 25 per m2 to 150 per cm2.
6. Method as claimed in claim 1, further comprising embossing the multi-ply web after lamination.
7. Method as claimed in claim 1, wherein the size of each glue site amounts to between 0.5 and 100 mm2, and the number of glue sites per unit area amounts to between 300 per m2 to 50 per cm2.
8. Method as claimed in claim 7, wherein the size of each glue site amounts to between 1 and 15 mm2, and the number of glue sites per unit area amounts to between 800 per m2 to 20 per cm2.
9. Multi-ply web of flexible material, comprising at least three plies which are interconnected by gluing in a plurality of discrete glue sites, wherein a first and second ply of said multi-ply web are glued together in a first glue pattern comprising a plurality of spaced discrete glue sites and a third ply is glued to the combined first and second plies in a second glue pattern comprising a plurality of spaced discrete glue sites which are offset with respect to the glue sites of said first glue pattern.
10. Multi-ply web as claimed in claim 9, wherein substantially all glue sites of the second glue pattern are applied offset with respect to the glue sites of the first glue pattern.
11. Multi-ply web as claimed in claim 9, wherein the size of each glue site amounts to between 0.15 and 150 mm2.
12. Multi-ply web as claimed in claim 9, wherein the number of glue sites per unit area amounts to between 25 per m2 to 150 per cm2.
13. Multi-ply web as claimed in claim 9, wherein at least one glue pattern is provided by a coloured glue.
14. Multi-ply web as claimed in claim 9, wherein at least one of the plies has a three-dimensional pattern provided before joining with another ply.
15. Multi-ply web as claimed in claim 9, wherein at least one of the plies has deliberately made holes therein.
16. Multi-ply web as claimed in claim 9, wherein the multi-ply web has been embossed after lamination.
17. Multi-ply web as claimed in claim 9, wherein the size of each glue site amounts to between 0.5 and 100 mm2, and the number of glue sites per unit area amounts to between 300 per m2 to 50 per cm2.
18. Multi-ply web as claimed in claim 17, wherein the size of each glue site amounts to between 1 and 15 mm2, and the number of glue sites per unit area amounts to between 800 per m2 to 20 per cm2.