Patent ID: 7457615

Claim:
A method for managing data in a processing system, comprising: receiving a query input from a user into a mobile terminal, the query specifying a number of data items at least a portion of which are broadcast different numbers of times during a broadcast period; pre-declaring the data items in the query, said pre-declaring selectively controlling whether the data items are to be received in the mobile terminal when broadcast from a broadcast source; receiving the data items from the broadcast source, the data items received in a different order than specified in the query and in a different order than broadcast from the broadcast source; storing the received data items in a memory, said storing including storing a first data item broadcast a greater number of times during said broadcast period before storing a second data item broadcast a lesser number of times during said broadcast period, the first data item ordered after the second data item in the query and received from the broadcast before the second data item; and outputting the stored data items on a terminal in the order specified in the query.