Patent ID: 8438620

Claim:
A portable device configured to activate access in or over a computer network to which a terminal is connected at least temporarily, comprising: a communication device configured to form at least a first communication path between the terminal and the portable device; said portable device being configured to form at least a second communication path between the computer network and portable device, wherein functionalities of the portable device are insertable into a communication path between the terminal and the computer network by creating an indirect communication path between the terminal and the computer network through the portable device through the at least one first communication path and the at least one second communication path, wherein the portable device is configured to provide access data to activate access in or over the computer network, wherein the portable device independently performs procedures that cause the automatic activating of access in or over the computer network, and wherein the portable device has a configuration to enable specifying modalities for at least one of providing the access data and providing content of the access data.