Patent ID: 7991438

Claim:
A method of establishing a query mode in a mobile telecommunications terminal, the terminal including a receiving device for receiving messages from a telecommunications network in a receive mode, a control unit to establish a query mode, and a reproduction playback device, the method comprising: determining at least one first predetermined time by the mobile telecommunications terminal independently of operation of the telecommunications network; in the query mode, from a not connected state in which if the receive mode is switched off such that the mobile telecommunications terminal is not connected to the telecommunications network and is not able to receive an incoming call, activating via the control unit the receive mode to connect to the telecommunications network at the at least one first predetermined time determined by the mobile telecommunications terminal independently of the operation of the telecommunications network; checking if information regarding at least one stored message in the telecommunications network for the mobile telecommunications terminal was received in the receiving device within a second predetermined time period of predetermined length after the activation of the receive mode; and if said information was received, downloading at least one message after a type thereof has been determined and during a predetermined third time period of predetermined length, the control unit determining a length of the predetermined time period in advance of the downloading of the at least one stored message based on the type and size thereof.