Patent ID: 7516222

Claim:
A method for carrying out log in in a communication system, the method comprising: establishing a data transmission connection between a terminal and a data network via a connection server connected to the data network by transmitting at least one packet from the terminal to the data network, said connection server including a first address indicative of a first storage location of a first start page selected by a service provider for display when logging in to a computer system; defining in the terminal a second address indicative of a second storage location of a second start page; supplementing the at least one packet with the second address, as well as with a gate number indicating the type of information contained in the at least one packet; transmitting, during the established data transmission connection, said second address from the terminal to the connection server; examining in the data network said gate information from the at least one packet coming from the terminal; and if the examination indicates that one of the at least one packet contains a predetermined value as the gate information, changing the second address contained in said packet into said first address, and thereby cause the loading to the terminal of information contained in said first data storage location when said second address is transmitted from the terminal for the first time during the established data transmission connection, replacing said second address with said first address; and loading information to the terminal from the one of said first and second storage locations indicated by the one of said first and second addresses actually utilized by the connection server.