A method for sending a message containing a Uniform Resource Locator (URL)
to a customer. The method includes recording in a customer's telephone
system a destination address of the communications terminal, selecting at
least one URL to be sent to the communications terminal during a
telephone call, obtaining the destination address, generating a message
containing the URLs, and sending the message from a telephone system of
the merchant or sender to the destination address of the customer's
communications terminal. The message may also contain additional items,
including for example, electronic coupons, an on-line trial subscription,
a user ID, a user password, advertisements, sender information, or
combinations thereof, wherein the user ID and user password are required
by the Website having the address of the URLs. The method may further
include recording the at least one URL into the bookmark section of the
browser in the communications terminal.