Abstract: Disclosed are a method and a system for rendering an application view on a portable communication device. The method includes a step 102 of capturing a screenshot of a current view of the application and a step 104 of loading a subsequent view of the application in the background. The method is characterized by transitioning from the current view to the subsequent view when the subsequent view is substantially loaded at step 104. The screenshot of the current view is displayed until the subsequent view is substantially loaded. The method and the system disclosed herein allow a user to navigate across different views of the application without noticeable lag.

Abstract: A method of developing a software application for a portable communication device is provided. The method includes: (i) creating said software application using HTML code, wherein the software application comprises at least one view; (ii) uploading the code to a server; (iii) converting or wrapping each view of said at least one view of the software application to a format compatible with said portable communication device at said server; (iv) downloading the software application to the portable communication device; and (v) testing the software application on the portable communication device. The method is distinguished by encapsulating the at least one view of the software application into a package and downloading said package to the portable communication device from the server. The method is capable of making the development of software applications more fluent.

Abstract: The invention relates to methods and apparatuses for performing electronic payment transactions between a terminal equipment (100) in a telecommunication network and the other transacting party (1,2, . . . ,N). The invention utilizes a special payment service gateway (10) through which all the payment transactions of the terminal equipments in the telecommunication network are routed. The payment service gateway allows the parties of the payment transaction to support different electronic payment protocols (A, B, . . . , X) and performs the required protocol conversions so as to provide an end-to-end transaction.

Abstract: The invention relates to methods and apparatuses for performing electronic payment transactions between a terminal equipment (100) in a telecommunication network and the other transacting party (1, 2, . . . , N). The invention utilizes a special payment service gateway (10) through which all the payment transactions of the terminal equipments in the telecommunication network are routed. The payment service gateway allows the parties of the payment transaction to support different electronic payment protocols (A, B, . . . , X) and performs the required protocol conversions so as to provide an end-to-end transaction.