Patent ID: 8566100

Claim:
A method for obtaining user-selected real-time information on a mobile communication device from a tile displayed on the mobile device and selected by the user, comprising: configuring a customized live tile application module in association with a first mobile communication device in order to selectively provide real-time information preselected by a user for rendering as at least one of speech to a speaker integrated in the first mobile communication device, speech to a speaker wirelessly connected to the first mobile communication device, images on a flat panel display that is wirelessly connected to the first mobile communication device, images on a second mobile communication device that is wirelessly connected to the first mobile communication device, or speech on the second mobile communication device that is wirelessly connected to the first mobile communication device; obtaining said real-time information with said first mobile communication device from a live tile displayed on the mobile device and selected by the user by retrieving said real-time tile information from a remote server; and selectively providing at least one of said tile and said tile information for rendering as at least one of speech to a speaker integrated in the first mobile communication device, speech to a speaker wirelessly connected to the first mobile communication device, images on a flat panel display that is wirelessly connected to the first mobile communication device, images on a second mobile communication device that is wirelessly connected to the first mobile communication device, or speech on the second mobile communication device that is wirelessly connected to the first mobile communication device.