Patent ID: 6985933

Claim:
A method for increasing ease-of-use and bandwidth utilization in a wireless device capable of accessing a communication network, comprising the steps of: (a) sending environment information describing the environment of the wireless device to a server on the communication network, wherein the environment information includes geographical location, local weather, time and date, and any combination thereof, wherein the server maintains a database of web site identifiers that are categorized by environmental factors, and queries the database using the environment information to determine particular web sites most likely to be requested by a user of the wireless device in that the environment of the wireless device, wherein the particular web sites are determined by examining prior patterns of access of web sites in the environment of the wireless device by users of the communication network; (b) receiving identifiers from the server of the particular web sites most likely to be requested by the user of the wireless device in that environment, wherein server policies determine which particular web site identifiers are received by the device; and (c) caching the identifiers for selection by the user.