Patent ID: 8566817

Claim:
A method for receiving a quantity of multimedia/advertisement content on an internet and/or digital networking capable device (“IDNCD”), comprising the steps of: starting a process on the IDNCD based on a selection from a user, wherein the process includes a loading time delay; communicating with a multimedia/advertisement content server to determine if a new packet of multimedia/advertisement content is needed; transmitting the new packet of multimedia/advertisement content from the multimedia/advertisement content server to a content cache on the IDNCD upon starting of the loading time delay; loading a quantity of multimedia/advertisement content on the IDNCD upon starting of the loading time delay on the IDNCD; displaying the quantity of multimedia/advertisement content, and indicia that the loading time delay is in progress, on a screen of the IDNCD; providing a mechanism for the user to select the multimedia/advertisement content displayed on the screen of the IDNCD; stopping the displaying of the quantity of multimedia/advertisement content once the loading time delay is complete; and redirecting the user to the selected process upon completion of the loading time delay.