Patent ID: 7562142

Claim:
A system comprising: at least one user terminal; an Internet service provider; and a telecommunications carrier terminal for connecting the user terminal and the Internet service provider; wherein: when the user terminal is connected to the telecommunications carrier terminal, the telecommunications carrier terminal assigns and sends logical link information to the user terminal, and sends information including the logical link information to a server of the telecommunications carrier; the telecommunications carrier server identifies the user terminal connected to the telecommunications carrier terminal based on the information including the logical link information, extracts user identification information associated with the information including the logical link information, and sends the user identification information to the identified user terminal, said user identification information being stored in said telecommunications carrier server prior to receiving the information including the logical link information; the identified user terminal sends the user identification information to a sewer of the Internet service provider which extracts subscriber setting information associated with the user identification information and sends the subscriber setting information to the identified user terminal; the identified user terminal stores the subscriber setting information, and accesses the Internet service provider using the subscriber setting information; the user terminal does not require any input from a user of the user terminal in order to connect to the telecommunications carrier terminal or to obtain the information for access to the Internet service provider; and the telecommunications carrier server is distinct from the server of the Internet service provider.