A method for transmitting data for the purpose of executing a configuration/software update in a communication device connected to the Internet, comprising the following method steps: a) the communication device is physically connected via the Internet to a configuration/software-update server, b) for configuration of the communication device for the Internet-based communication, the communication device is brought into a state of initialisation by the user of the communication device initiating the start of the configuration by inputting a command (softkey button "yes"), c) with the start of the configuration the communication device establishes a logical connection to the configuration/software-update server, which in return transmits to the communication device at least two types of query data - first query data and second query data - for determining configuration data to be transmitted for the communication device, d) the communication device, after receipt of each of the first query data and the second query data, transitions into an input state, in which the user of the communication device selects a first item of determination data from the first query data and a second item of determination data from the second query data in order to determine the configuration data by corresponding input (softkey button "OK"), wherein the selected item of determination data (ED1, ED2) is in each case transmitted to the configuration/software-update server, e) the configuration/software-update server reads out, from a configuration database, configuration data for the communication device corresponding to the received first and second item of determination data (ED1, ED2), and transmits said configuration data to the communication device. a) the communication device is physically connected via the Internet to a configuration/software-update server, b) for configuration of the communication device for the Internet-based communication, the communication device is brought into a state of initialisation by the user of the communication device initiating the start of the configuration by inputting a command (softkey button "yes"), c) with the start of the configuration the communication device establishes a logical connection to the configuration/software-update server, which in return transmits to the communication device at least two types of query data - first query data and second query data - for determining configuration data to be transmitted for the communication device, d) the communication device, after receipt of each of the first query data and the second query data, transitions into an input state, in which the user of the communication device selects a first item of determination data from the first query data and a second item of determination data from the second query data in order to determine the configuration data by corresponding input (softkey button "OK"), wherein the selected item of determination data (ED1, ED2) is in each case transmitted to the configuration/software-update server, e) the configuration/software-update server reads out, from a configuration database, configuration data for the communication device corresponding to the received first and second item of determination data (ED1, ED2), and transmits said configuration data to the communication device.