Patent ID: 7859947

Claim:
A system for distributing watch information and processing information, said system comprising: a plurality of hand held terminal devices that maintain a current time, the plurality of hand held terminal devices configured to acquire and process the watch information, the watch information including a plurality of software watches, each of a different design; an information distribution apparatus for distributing the watch information to the plurality of hand held terminal devices; and display means for displaying the watch information, including a user-selected software watch from the plurality of software watches, on at least one of the plurality of hand held terminal devices; wherein the watch information is displayed on the display means of the plurality of hand held terminal devices as a video image that depicts at least the current time, and wherein, the information distribution apparatus distributes additional information comprising advertisement information to the plurality of hand held terminal devices at the same time as the watch information so that the additional information is displayed on a portion of the display means of the plurality of hand held terminal devices, and the advertisement information is displayed as an Internet banner depicting items for sale and is displayed with the watch information.