Patent ID: 8064337

Claim:
A method for connecting a mobile terminal to a contents provider having a plurality of multimedia contents through a wireless data communication network, wherein the contents provider includes a media server for providing the multimedia contents to the mobile terminal, comprising the steps of: (a) if one of the contents listed in a first web page provided by the contents provider is selected by a user of the mobile terminal, transmitting to the mobile terminal data including an address of said selected one of the contents and return address information; (b) connecting the mobile terminal to the media server by using the address of said selected one of the contents; (c) checking whether the connection established between the mobile terminal and the media server is interrupted while the mobile terminal is downloading said selected one of the selected contents from the media server; (d) reconnecting the mobile terminal to a second web page corresponding to the return address information, if the connection is found interrupted in step (c), wherein the second web page corresponding to the return address information is different from the first web page in step (a); and (e) connecting the mobile terminal to a third web page corresponding to contents address information which is included in the data of the step (a) and related with the selected contents, after a completion of the download of said selected one of the selected contents, wherein the second web page corresponding to the return address information is predetermined by the contents provider, and wherein the second web page corresponding to the return address information provides one of connection information explaining the interruption, interruption guide information listing what the user can do after the interruption occurred, a menu asking the user to download continuously or to receive another service, guide information according to the interruption, and fee information.