Abstract: A function is to be loaded from a first computer onto a second computer via a network, preferably a computer network or a communication network. To that end, the second computer, in addition to containing an operating system, also contains a platform-independent system, preferably a JAVA virtual machine, which assures that platform-independent code (JAVA byte code) can be run on this second computer by the operating system of the second computer. In addition to platform-independent code, platform-dependent code, specifically for the hardware of the second computer, can be loaded from the first computer, whereby the losses in running time resulting from platform-independent code are avoided. To that end, the first computer comprises the required platform-dependent functions, preferably as dynamic libraries that are potentially requested from the second computer, in order to achieve gains in running time on the second computer.

Abstract: A request message, which is coded in a markup language, is decoded, and the stored service parameters are selected which are allocated to the distributed dynamic service requested in the request message. The selected service parameters are transmitted in the markup language to a terminal device and parameters values are allocated to the service parameters and are transmitted to the computer. The parameter values are transmitted to a service server, and the requested service is performed according to the parameter values. The result of the performance, for example a message to the user, is transmitted from the computer in the markup language and redirected to the terminal device.