Patent ID: 8259914

Claim:
A communications system, comprising: a connection handling computer; a network connection computer coupled to the connection handling computer; a communication unit coupled to the network connection computer; a first database connected to the network connection computer; a user profile of the communication unit stored in the first database; a second data base coupled to the connection handling computer; and an authentication profile of the network connection computer stored in the second database; and wherein a request message is transmitted from the communication unit to the network connection computer, the request message being sent to log on to the communications system; wherein the network connection computer checks to verify whether the communication unit has log-on authorization, the network connection computer checking the request message by accessing the user profile; wherein the network connection computer modifying the request message when the request message is verified as having authorization to log on to the communications system, the modified request message having an identification feature that identifies the communication unit; the network connection computer sending the modified request message to the connection handling computer; the modified request message is analyzed for validity by the connection handling computer by accessing the authentication profile stored in the second database and utilizing the authentication profile; the connection handling computer registering the communication unit in the second database when the modified request message is validated; after successful registration of the communication unit, the connection handling computer sending a registration message to the network connection computer to inform the network connection computer of the successful registration of the communication unit; and the network connection computer modifying the registration message and sending the modified registration message to the communication unit for communicating a successful log on of the communication unit to the communications system.