Patent ID: 7730128

Claim:
In a communication system comprising a portal, a subscriber and a plurality of content providers coupled to each other by way of a communication network of the communication system, a method comprising the steps of: transmitting to the subscriber from the portal an available selection of the plurality of content providers; selecting at the subscriber a select one of the plurality of content providers; transmitting content provider registration corresponding to the selected content provider from the portal to the selected content provider; the selected content provider registering the subscriber based on the transmitted content provider registration; transmitting from the subscriber to the portal a plurality of links and associated plurality of content provider registrations, each corresponding to a select one of the plurality of content providers; storing in the portal the plurality of links and associated plurality of content provider registrations; selecting at the subscriber a content provider registration center of the portal for storing the plurality of links and corresponding plurality of content provider registrations; during a communication session where the subscriber accesses the portal: presenting to the subscriber from the portal a center registration prompt comprising a plurality of content provider fields of entry, each entry for populating the plurality of links and associated plurality of content provider registrations; populating from the subscriber the plurality of content provider fields of entry with the plurality of links and associated plurality of content provider registrations; storing the plurality of links and associated plurality of content provider registrations in the portal; and during a different communication session where the subscriber accesses the portal: accessing at the portal a content provider registration prompt from the selected content provider, the content provider registration prompt comprising at least one content provider registration field of entry; retrieving from the content provider registration center the content provider registration corresponding to the selected one of the plurality of content providers; populating from the portal the at least one content provider registration field with the content provider registration.