Patent ID: 9021060
Filing Date: 2015-04-28
Classification: G06Q,H04M

Abstract:
1. A method of enabling a user to interact with content received on a mobile telephone from a remote server, said mobile telephone configured to run one or more end-user applications, in which the method comprises the steps of: (a) a client content-engine application installed onto the mobile telephone receiving the content over a wireless network, the client content-engine application managing the download and storage of the content onto a cache memory in the mobile telephone, the client content-engine application then automatically providing a specific item of the stored content to at least one of said one or more end-user applications so that the at least one of said one or more end-user applications automatically displays the specific item of content on the mobile telephone, without the user explicitly requesting the display of that specific item of content, and wherein said specific item of the stored content is associated with said at least one of said one or more end-user applications and is selected by said client content-engine application for delivery based on parameters of said at least one of said one or more end-user applications; (b) in response to the user selecting or highlighting the displayed specific item of content, listing multiple options that, if individually selected, each initiate an associated action that corresponds to a particular way of responding to or interacting with the specific item of content; wherein: said client content-engine application exposes a generic API accessible to said one or more end-user applications; if the user highlights or selects a specific item of content, then that item will change appearance and the listed multiple options will alter to include menu items for applicable actions; and some or all of said content can have an expiry date after which it will not be displayed.