Patent ID: 7483690

Claim:
A communication terminal comprising: a memory configured to store a plurality of profiles, each of the profiles including an identifier of a respective provider portal server and a corresponding identifier of a respective access point included in a network interconnection switch, the respective access point operable to communicate with other communication networks; a display unit operable to receive a user input representative of selection of one of the profiles stored in the memory as a communication route for connection of the communication terminal to a first provider portal server that corresponds to the selected one of the profiles; a downloaded application stored in the memory and executable to generate a transmittable request for information that includes a file location identified in the request; and an application manager stored in the memory and executable to determine the first provider portal server that is associated with the identifier of a first access point of the selected one of the profiles, and to designate as inhibited sites each of the first provider portal server, and a second provider portal server identified with the application manager as being associated with the first access point in one of the profiles; the application manager further executable, in response to receipt of the request, to allow transmission of the request only when the file location identified in the request is other than the inhibited sites.