Abstract: A method provides a content provider with a new way to provide acceleration services and it also provides a user with an easy way to utilize the acceleration services. In more detail, the user can transparently deploy an appropriate accelerating client to his/hers terminal, such as a mobile phone or a laptop. After the deployment the accelerating client is integrated into an application installed in the terminal. The application may be, for example, a browser or a media player. The accelerating client according to the invention is a helper object, a plug-in, or Java applet/application. Especially, the helper object spends less processing capacity of a terminal than the prior art accelerating client implemented as a standalone application.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for implementing QoS levels in data transmissions in a communication network. The apparatus is a terminal, e.g. a WAP phone, or a server apparatus comprising a HTTP server and a WAP gateway, for example. The method is based on certain modifications in a communication protocol stack. The modified stack uses a queue for prioritizing transmissions. At least the handling of the queue is located in the modified stack. The queue may or may not be located in the modified stack. The modified stack may determine the QoS level of a packet by itself, or a separate software performs the determination and transmits the QoS level of the packet to the modified stack.