Patent ID: 8184558

Claim:
A method for providing a push-to-x service to a user of a data terminal communicating with a packet-switched network, the method comprising: receiving, by a gateway connected to the packet-switched network, from the data terminal a request for accessing a push-to-x service provided by a push-to-x server; checking, by the gateway, a user class to which the user belongs; according to the user class, assigning, by the gateway, a push-to-x identity to the user by: selecting the push-to-x identity from a set of predefined push-to-x identities, if the user belongs to a first user class; or retrieving the push-to-x identity from a user profile table, if the user belongs to a second user class; and providing, by the gateway, the data terminal with access to the push-to-x service based on the push-to-x identity.