Patent ID: 8527536

Claim:
A method of retrieving an information service on a mobile terminal, using a client/server system structure, and dependent on a service mode of the mobile terminal, the method comprising: obtaining, by a client module at a mobile terminal, information input by a user at the mobile terminal; determining, by the client module, if the information input by the user is a predetermined service code, wherein the predetermined service code is a character string corresponding to a service: if the information input by the user is a predetermined service code, providing, by the client module to the user, the service corresponding to the predetermined service code; if the information input by the user is not a predetermined service code, determining, by the client module, if the information input by the user corresponds to a record in a local client database; if the information input by the user corresponds to a record in the local client database, returning, by the client module, information from the record and providing, by the client module, a corresponding service to the user; if the information input by the user does not correspond to a record in the local client database, causing, by the client module, a server to query a server database using the information input by the user; if the server query finds a record associated with the information input by the user, sending, by the server, results from the server query to the client module to display to the user; if the server query does not find a record associated with the information input by the user, performing, by the server, a search on the internet using the information input by the user; and sending the search results to the client module to display to the user.