Patent ID: 7814235

Claim:
A page data receiving method implemented on a terminal unit comprising: transmitting, from the terminal unit, a first request signal to a page data providing apparatus for requesting first page data, the page data providing apparatus performing user authentication to allow the terminal unit access to a content server which is separate from the page data providing apparatus, and the first page being provided by the page data providing apparatus to allow the user of the terminal unit to input a request to receive second page data from the content server; receiving and automatically displaying without a user's request, at the terminal unit, notification page data from the page data providing apparatus prior to receiving the first page data when the page data providing apparatus determines that the notification page data is stored on a predetermined memory location on the page data providing apparatus, the notification page data providing predetermined notification information related to a status of the page data providing apparatus and provides an option for the user to input a request to continue to receive the first page data; and receiving, at the terminal unit, the first page data from the page data providing apparatus without receiving notification page data when the page data providing apparatus determines that notification page data is not stored in the predetermined memory location on the page data providing apparatus.