Patent ID: 6947404

Claim:
A method of logging users of mobile terminals in to wide-area network (WAN) servers in a system for connecting users at wireless terminals to WAN servers via a wireless telephone network connected to a WAN gateway, comprising the steps of: (a) determining in the gateway whether a particular user has previously logged in to a particular server of the WAN servers, wherein the gateway stores login information for a plurality of the WAN servers that the particular user has previously logged in to, (b) and if the particular user has not previously logged in to the particular server: (b1) storing in the gateway login information provided by the particular user for logging the particular user in to the particular server; and (b2) forwarding the login information provided by the particular user to the particular server; (c) and if the particular user has previously logged in to the particular server: (c1) retrieving in the gateway stored login information provided by the particular user for logging the particular user in to the particular server; (c1A) forwarding the retrieved login information to the particular user's wireless terminal for possible modification by the user; (c1B) returning the retrieved login information from the wireless terminal to the gateway; and (c2) forwarding the retrieved login information to the particular server.