Patent ID: 8433293

Claim:
A mobile terminal for providing a content push service, the mobile terminal comprising: a memory that stores applications for receiving various push contents and an application operation module for executing the applications; and a controller configured to: set a user datagram protocol (UDP) port with a server for providing the content push service by request of the server, activate the application operation module that is stored in the memory, and drive an application that receives push contents to be provided by the server through the set user datagram protocol port, wherein when a power supply of the mobile terminal is turned ON, the controller is configured to: set a traffic channel with a mobile communication network, allow an IP address to be allocated in an allocation from the mobile communication network through the traffic channel, and release the traffic channel immediately when the allocation is completed with no intervening signaling, when a driving request for the application is received through the traffic channel with the mobile communication network, and the traffic channel is set by using the IP address.