Patent ID: 6892217
Filing Date: 2005-05-10
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A method of operating a mobile terminal comprising a local memory and a screen, the method comprising the steps of: (a) during a synchronization session, receiving advertising information over a first connection and storing the advertising information in the local memory of the mobile terminal; (b) receiving a rich text document over a second connection, wherein the rich text document comprises conditional code comprising advertising display criteria including a first identifier for retrieving selected advertising information stored in the local memory of the mobile terminal and a second identifier for downloading the selected advertising information from the Internet; (c) processing the first identifier in the rich text document to determine whether the selected advertising information associated with the rich text document is stored in the local memory of the mobile terminal, and retrieving the selected advertising information if stored in the local memory of the mobile terminal; (d) if the selected advertising information is not stored in the local memory of the mobile terminal, processing the second identifier to download the selected advertising information from the Internet; and (e) displaying the rich text document on the screen of the mobile terminal together with the selected advertising information.