Patent ID: 7580973

Claim:
A method for downloading from a computer network and displaying at a subscriber unit a web page comprising a plurality of information elements, comprising: providing marker data for each of said information elements of said web page which are subject to change over time, said markers specifying an expiration time or a validity period of said information elements, wherein an expiration time indicates a time up to which said information element is valid and said validity period indicates a time range for which an information element is valid; downloading a first web page including said markers to said subscriber unit and storing said information elements and markers; using an evaluation unit provided by an application on said subscriber unit, evaluating said markers to identify information elements which are not valid and to determine a time for further downloading information elements for each information element of the loadable web page; further downloading information elements corresponding to said information elements identified as not valid; and assembling and displaying an updated web page comprising stored valid information elements of said first web page and said further downloaded information elements.