Characterisation system and method

摘要

Embodiments of the invention are concerned with improving the amount of information that is available to a user of a mobile terminal when deciding whether or not to access data from a remote device such as a web site. The mobile terminal is equipped with a bespoke software application and user interface that enables the user to select items (or types of items) that are accessible from a selected web site, and provide a means of excluding the selected items from data subsequently downloaded to the mobile terminal. The selection process can be dependent upon the amount of data to be downloaded, the number of nested links, ratings applied to the data, and other such characteristics.