 System for generating context-sensitive hierarchically ordered document service menus |
| In accordance with the invention there is provided a method and apparatus therefor, for operating a ... |
|
| Adaptive collaborative intelligent network system |
| The field of the present invention relates to an Awit Space--a multi agent system (MAS) and living/... |
|
| Method of and apparatus for topologically based retrieval of information |
| FIG. 1 is a diagram of a data retrieval system according to the invention. A client terminal 102 ... |
|
| Method for a terminal using services offered by a master station and a terminal |
| The method and terminal according to the present invention have the advantage that very complex ... |
|
| Telecommunication network having at least two network entities, and communication method |
| The present invention provides a communication network having at least two network entities adapted ... |
|
| Secure interlink receiver for remote programming of wireless telephones |
| This invention relates to a device and process for secure remote programming of wireless phones. P... |
|
|
System and method for delivery and updating of data transmitted to a mobile terminal
| Details |
Inventors: Helle, Seppo; Koskinen, Topi;
Assignee: Nokia Corp. (Tampere, FI)
Primary Examiner: Trost; William
Assistant Examiner: Nguyen; Simon
Attorney, Agent or Firm: Antonelli, Terry, Stout & Kraus, LLP
A system, method and computer program for accessing, downloading, storing, and retrieving information from a plurality of content providers on the Internet using a cellular terminal. This cellular terminal has an information finder to find and download items of information from content providers and store the information in a memory of the cellular terminal. These topics and items of information have a best before stamp associated with them. Upon expiration of the best before stamp, the item of information is deleted from the cellular terminal memory. The topic or item may be automatically updated by the latest edition of the information without user intervention when an update period expires. |
|
DETAILED DESCRIPTION An embodiment of the present invention provides for a method and computer program for accessing, downloading, storing, and retrieving information from content providers using a cellular terminal.
This method and computer program begins by selecting at least one of several topics and items of information available from content providers on the Internet using the cellular terminal.
Then searching the Internet for content providers having the topics and items of information.
Downloading the topics and items of information to memory in the cellular terminal by the content providers and time stamping each item or topic of information with a best before time stamp.
Specifying by a user of the cellular terminal an update period for the topics or items of information.
Thereafter, checking periodically the best before time stamp and update period.
Then eliminating any of the topics or items of information from the memory of the cellular terminal when the best before stamp has expired.
Further, an embodiment of the present invention which is a system for accessing, downloading, storing, and retrieving information from a plurality of content providers on a cellular terminal.
This system has a cellular terminal to communicate to a cellular network and the Internet.
The cellular terminal has an information finder to search the Internet for items of information having either an update period or a best before time stamp associated with the topics or items of information.
The cellular terminal also has a news finder data file to store the items of information with the associated update period or a best before time stamp in memory of the cellular terminal.
The cellular terminal also has a time stamp check module to check the update period or a best before time stamp and delete the item of information from the memory of the cellular terminal when the best before time stamp has expired.
These and other features of this device, method and computer program will become more apparent from the following description when taken in connection with the accompanying drawings which show, for purposes of illustration only, examples in accordance with the present invention
|
| Related patents |
|
|
Method and system for text-to-speech conversion of caller information
The present invention relates to an improved system and method for generating spoken caller information for presentation to a telephone service subscriber. The quality ...
|
|
|
Gaming device with sound recording changes associated with player inputs
OF THE INVENTION Gaming Device Structure Referring now to the drawings, two embodiments of the gaming device of the present invention are illustrated in FIGS. 1A and 1B ...
|
|
|
Method and system for controlling forward transmit power in a wireless system
In accordance with one aspect of the invention, a method and system for controlling down link transmit power during a soft hand-off in a spread-spectrum wireless system ...
|
|
|
Interactive vibrator for multimedia
According to an embodiment of the invention, a vibrator for applying soothing and stimulating vibrations to a human body includes a vibrating device, a detector to ...
|
|
|
Action recommendation system for a mobile vehicle
In one aspect of the present invention, a method of providing advertisements to an occupant of a mobile vehicle is disclosed. The method includes the steps of ...
|
|
|
Centralized diagnostic system for loosely coupled processors
There is provided, in accordance with the present invention, a diagnostic system for data processing system having a plurality of processors and data links ...
|
|
|
Micro-miniature beacon transmit-only geo-location emergency system for personal security
OF PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS The three major configurations or modes of operation for this micro-miniature emergency geo-location system are shown in FIGS. 1, 2. The modes ...
|
|
|
Mobile telephone power savings method and apparatus responsive to mobile telephone location
The present invention overcomes the foregoing and other problems with a method and system for enabling a mobile telephone to save battery power based upon the location ...
|
|
|
Computer architecture with automatic disabling of hardware/software features using satellite positioning data
The present application relates to a method for selectively authorizing encryption features in a computer using the global positioning system ("GPS") for country/locale ...
|
|
|
Methods, apparatus and data structures for providing a user interface, which exploits spatial memory in three-dimensions, to objects and in which object occlusion is avoided
The present invention provides a user interface, and in particular a graphical user interface, to organize and access information or content (also referred to as an "...
|
|
|
Ring Tones 
