{HEAD ~ The present invention} provides an interface mechanism in a communications gateway for linking users in a heterogeneous distributed system, such as a local area network , to {TAIL ~ remote services} over a circuit switched communications network 
{ HEAD ~ The present invention } provides an interface mechanism in a communications gateway for linking users in a heterogeneous distributed system , such as a local area network , to { TAIL ~ remote services } over a circuit switched communications network
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