Patent ID: 7155517

Claim:
A method for providing reference information to a user of a wireless terminal operating within a wireless network, comprising: receiving a request identifier entered by the user at the wireless terminal to identify desired reference information corresponding to the request; presenting the desired reference information to the user via the wireless terminal if the desired reference information is locally stored at the wireless terminal; transmitting the request identifier from the wireless terminal to a data server, if the desired reference information is not locally stored at the wireless terminal; presenting the desired reference information obtained from the data server if the desired reference information is available on the data server; determining whether a predetermined activity condition is fulfilled including determining whether there is user input inactivity for a predetermined time period; and initiating a default activity upon fulfillment of the predetermined activity condition including executing a function corresponding to a default link associated with navigational software provided at the wireless terminal, wherein the function corresponding to the default link is executed upon expiration of the predetermined time period.