Abstract: A method for operating a user terminal to deliver advertising content to a user of the user terminal prior to the user commencing use of a software program on the user terminal is provided. The user terminal includes a processor and associated memory, a communications interface, and at least one output device. The method includes sending, via the communications interface, a service request to a software server, the service request including a request to use said software program; receiving, via the communications interface, a service response and an advertising reference from the software server; and delivering advertising content to the user through the at least one output device, the advertising content being derived from the advertising reference.

Abstract: A high-pressure pump for supplying internal combustion engines with fuel includes a housing, on which a timing unit for displacing the point of injection is accommodated. The timing unit includes an injection timing piston having inlet bores, and a regulating slide, whose face facing a cold-start accelerator piston has a prestress force applied to it, is movably accommodated in the injection timing piston. A spring element, which is applied directly to the injection timing piston, as well as a spring assembly, which is independent of the spring element and accommodated on a carrier and act on the regulating slide, are positioned between the cold-start accelerator piston and the opposing face of the injection timing piston.

Abstract: A high-pressure pump for supplying internal combustion engines with fuel includes a housing, on which a timing unit for displacing the point of injection is accommodated. The timing unit includes an injection timing piston having inlet bores, and a regulating slide, whose face facing a cold-start accelerator piston has a prestress force applied to it, is movably accommodated in the injection timing piston. A spring element, which is applied directly to the injection timing piston, as well as a spring assembly, which is independent of the spring element and accommodated on a carrier and act on the regulating slide, are positioned between the cold-start accelerator piston and the opposing face of the injection timing piston.