Patent ID: 7035828

Claim:
A method for providing information to mobile devices comprising the steps: providing a mobile device having a visual display, a broker and a personal agent computer having a personal agent database, wherein the mobile device, the broker and the mini-server are each separate computers: transmitting a query which include identification information to the broker; transmitting the query to the personal agent computer; processing the query according to rules obtained from the personal agent database; obtaining requested information; formatting the requested information for the visual display of the mobile device; transmitting the requested information to the mobile device; displaying at least a portion of the requested information on the visual display of the mobile device; attaching a ticket to the request; storing the request in the request que of the broker; and transmitting retrieval information from the broker to the mobile device; wherein the transmitting the requested information to the mobile device step is only performed if the mobile device transmits the retrieval information to the broker.