Patent ID: 9066204
Filing Date: 2015-06-23
Classification: G06Q,H04L,H04M,H04W

Abstract:
1. A method for transmitting and displaying images on a mobile phone, wherein the mobile phone is switched into an inactive mode after a predefined time of non-use or in response to an input of a user command, the mobile phone is switched from the inactive mode into a locked active mode in response to an activating operation, and the mobile phone is switched from the locked active mode into an unlocked active mode in response to an unlocking operation, wherein the mobile phone accepts user input exclusively in the unlocked active mode; the method comprising the following steps: providing the images by a server in data communication with the mobile phone via a cellular network, and thereby selecting a number of images and transmitting the images from the server to the mobile phone; selecting with the server one of the images transmitted to the mobile phone and keeping the selected image available for display; displaying the selected image by the mobile phone during the locked active mode of the mobile phone; determining a count value for each of the images transmitted from the server to the mobile phone, the count value indicating how many times the respective image has been displayed on the mobile phone; and transmitting a respective count value for each of the images from the mobile phone to the server.