Patent ID: 8458152

Claim:
A system for presenting textual information on a small display of a mobile device, the system comprising: a backend system including: a backend communication interface; a text file receiver coupled to said backend communication interface to receive text files; file storage coupled to said text file receiver to store received files; a markup language formatter coupled to said file storage to retrieve a received text file, to convert said retrieved text file into a markup language file, and to store said markup language file; and a file transmitter coupled to said file storage and said backend communication interface to transmit markup language files; and a mobile device coupled to said backend system, the mobile device including: a mobile communication interface; a small display; a file receiver coupled to said mobile communication interface to receive markup language files; and a rapid serial visual presentation (RSVP) unit coupled to said small display and said file receiver to display a received markup language file on said small display in an RSVP format in an RSVP text location and as directed by said received markup language file, wherein said markup language formatter embeds commands relating to characteristics of the RSVP format display based on the contents of said retrieved text file, and wherein said RSVP unit interprets commands in said received markup language file and appropriately changes the characteristics of the RSVP format display.