Abstract: A method, system, and computer-readable medium for backing up and/or restoring user-specific settings for one or more IP telecommunications terminals. A backup process is initiated through a user interface of the IP telecommunications terminal. A file name and a backup file are supplied from the telecommunication terminal during a backup process. The backup file is transferred to an HTTP server and the backup file is transferred to the IP telecommunications terminal or other terminals in response to an HTTP GET message received from an IP telecommunications terminal connected to the HTTP server. Accordingly, multiple users can enjoy customized user-interfaces at multiple locations and across multiple platforms.

Abstract: An apparatus and a method are disclosed for handling multiple display modes, such as column-first and row-first display modes. In particular, a telecommunications terminal receives a computer file (e.g., an HTML-encoded file, etc.) from a content server. The computer file comprises a data-ordering tag, in accordance with the illustrative embodiment of the present invention, along with one or more displayable data items. Based on the data-ordering tag, the terminal with its browser first maps the data items into an N-row by M-column array of display cells in accordance with the illustrative embodiment, wherein N and M are positive integers. The terminal then displays the mapped data items in the array of display cells. The telecommunications terminal further comprises a two-dimensional array of buttons. Each cell in the array of display cells is associated with one or more buttons in the array of buttons.

Abstract: A method and apparatus are disclosed that enable: (i) applications that are external to a telecommunications terminal, rather than the user, to initiate the delivery of content to the terminal, and (ii) the terminal to determine, based on the state of the terminal, whether or not to provide the content to a user. The “state” of the terminal is determined by one or more of (i) user-driven states, (ii) data states, and (iii) call states. When the terminal's state is considered, as in accordance with the illustrative embodiment of the present invention, the readiness of the user and terminal to accept and process the content are accounted for, and as a result the content does not interfere.

Abstract: A method and apparatus are disclosed that enable a telecommunications terminal to securely receive unsolicited content from applications that are external to the terminal. In particular, the present invention enables the terminal to control the interaction with external applications by using a secure, two-task process. In the two-task process of the present invention, the execution of the second task is based on verifying the trustworthiness of address information that is provided in the first task. This is in contrast to a one-task process, in which an untrustworthy server that provides content might hide its own address by substituting a legitimate address.