Patent ID: 7693515

Claim:
A method for providing a background image for a display of a communication device, whereby the data of background images are stored in at least one memory accessible for said communication device, comprising the steps of: a) automatically selecting background images to be displayed, from said stored background images, according to pre-set parameters received from a base station; b) retrieving the data of said automatically selected background images from said memory, wherein said preset parameters are received independent from the storing and retrieving of said data of said background images; and c) displaying said retrieved background images in sequence as defined by said pre-set parameters on said display of said communication device, wherein step b) comprises sending a request for the transmission of the background image data to a base station upon a registering process only after it is determined that no background images stored locally at the communication device correspond to a network operator with which the communication device has registered, and receiving the requested background image data from the base station.