Patent ID: 7284160

Claim:
An error messaging method for a communication system where a wireless client terminal ( 10 ) communicates with a server ( 30 ) through an intermediate device ( 20 ), characterized by the steps of: receiving, at the intermediate device ( 20 ), a first Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP) status code from the server ( 30 ), the first status code being an error status code; transforming, at the intermediate device, the first status code into an error description message comprising an error description text ( 24 ) and a second HTTP status code, the second status code indicating success and being associated with compulsory display of the error description text ( 24 ) at the client terminal ( 10 ); and transmitting the error description message to the client terminal ( 10 ), whereby display of the error description text ( 24 ) at the client terminal ( 10 ) is enforced by the second status code.