Patent ID: 8116768

Claim:
A method for providing a background image for a display of a mobile telephone, whereby the data of one or more of said background images are stored in at least one memory accessible for said mobile telephone, comprising the steps of: a) automatically selecting a background image to be displayed from said one or more background images based on a pre-set parameter that identifies said at least one memory accessible for said mobile phone at which said automatically selected background image is stored; b) retrieving the data of said automatically selected background image from said at least one memory identified by said pre-set parameter when said automatically selected background image is available from said at least one memory identified by said pre-set parameter, and retrieving data of a substitute background image defined based on the stored pre-set parameter when said automatically selected background image is not available from said at least one memory identified by said pre-set parameter; and c) displaying said retrieved background image on said display of said mobile telephone, wherein background image data are downloaded from a source on the Internet to the mobile telephone, said background image comprises colors available by the display except colors used for foreground information, colors of lighter shade including white respectively transparent form elements of the background image, and colors with a high saturation are used for the foreground information.