Providing information to clients on different 'channels', the information including channel identifiers to enable filtering by the clients

摘要

A method of transmitting and displaying information on a client device (10) in a communications network (30). The information is transmitted (20) to all client devices in the network and the client device is provided with means for comparing a characteristic of the information and predetermined parameters stored in the client device. The client device will only display information if the result of the comparison is positive. A list of channels including an identifier and description (e.g. news, sport) is provided to a client at start up or by client choice. All subsequent content sent to the client contains the appropriate identifier, which can then be filtered as appropriate by the client . The channel identifiers are preferably XML tags. The content may be sent in the form of "teaser" messages which include e.g. links to webpages etc. Application to e.g. 3G mobile phones.