Patent ID: 8462930

Claim:
An apparatus for controlled display on a telephone, the telephone comprising a memory and a data communication module arranged to be in communication with a first network, the apparatus comprising a controlled display agent on-board the telephone, said controlled display agent in communication with the memory and the data communication module, said controlled display agent arranged to: download a display portion from the first network to the memory, via the data communication module; detect a call instance; display on the telephone said downloaded display portion responsive to said detected call instance; determine if the data communication module is in communication with the first network; in the event said display agent determines that the data communication module is in communication with the first network, request, via the data communication module, a new display portion from the first network; and in the event said display agent determines that the data communication module is not in communication with the first network, create a time stamp, and store said created time stamp on the memory.