| 摘要 |
Embodiments of the invention are concerned with a method and a system for distributing mobile applications, in particular to aspects of receiving, processing and displaying advertisements on mobile terminals. In one aspect, embodiments provide a data visualization method for use in visualizing data on a mobile terminal, the mobile terminal comprising a display area and being adapted to receive process data comprising an executable process, the method comprising the steps of:
arranging for the mobile terminal to receive a visualization request from the process;
arranging for the mobile terminal to select data in accordance with the visualization request; and
arranging for the mobile terminal to perform a visualization process in which the selected data arc displayed in the display area,
in which execution of at least part of the executable process is paused until the visualization process has been completed. Thus with embodiments of the invention mobile terminals are configured to process an executable process which makes calls for data to be displayed to the user of the terminal. Preferably the data to be displayed are retrieved from a store of advertisement data, and are selected in dependence on a characteristic relating to preferences of the user. In at least one embodiment, the executable process is a game and the game is paused for the purposes of displaying these selected data when the game reaches a particular level. In another embodiment the executable process might be a news relaying application configured to retrieve and display news stories. |
