Abstract: The present invention provides methods and systems for using a stateful server for social networking using mobile devices. In one embodiment, a user uses a mobile device to register for a networking service offered by the stateful server. The stateful server transmits several tiers of service options to the user, and generates responses based on the user's selection to the service options. The stateful server establishes a unique state for each session initiated by the user, and stores all information related to the session in association with the unique state. The stateful server removes hyperlinks from text messages transmitted to the user's mobile device. The stateful server stores correlation information of the removed hyperlinks in association with the unique state. The stateful server enables the user to establish a friend network and to transmit information associated with the unique state to contacts within the friend network.

Abstract: The present invention provides methods and systems for using a stateful server for social networking using mobile devices. In one embodiment, a user uses a mobile device to register for a networking service offered by the stateful server. The stateful server transmits several tiers of service options to the user, and generates responses based on the user's selection to the service options. The stateful server establishes a unique state for each session initiated by the user, and stores all information related to the session in association with the unique state. The stateful server removes hyperlinks from text messages transmitted to the user's mobile device. The stateful server stores correlation information of the removed hyperlinks in association with the unique state. The stateful server enables the user to establish a friend network and to transmit information associated with the unique state to contacts within the friend network.

Abstract: In a method for the personal management of parameter lists for an audio and/or video device (2a, 2b) by at least one user, an access facility (5a, 5b) is used to access, via a data network (7), a storage facility (4) connected to the audio and/or video device (2a, 2b), which storage facility (4) stores the parameter lists to be managed, which contain parameters for the audio and/or video device (2a, 2b), the access facility (5a, 5b) enabling amendment of the parameter lists to be managed in respect of the list entries contained therein.

Abstract: A method and system facilitates the creation and maintenance of favorites lists (165) on the Internet (140). Devices (110) that have access to the Internet (140) have direct access to each of a user's favorites lists (165), and can be configured to facilitate modifying the favorites lists (165). Devices (110) that lack direct access to the Internet (140) are configured to receive ‘downloaded’ copies of lists (165) that are maintained on the Internet (140), and optionally to provide ‘uploadable’ copies of modified lists for updating the favorites lists (165).