Downloading a book using WAP

摘要

The present invention relates to method and apparatus for downloading an e-book via a portable electronic device in communication with a hypertext transfer protocol (HTTP) server over the Internet, the method comprises activating a wireless application protocol (WAP) browser to enter into an e-book Web site provided by an Internet service provider (ISP); displaying a pane containing an e-book catalog option sent from the e-book Web site on a display of the electronic device; reading the catalog option selected on the display for retrieving an e-book catalog; sending the retrieved catalog to the WAP browser prior to showing the same on the display; reading a name of e-book selected from the e-book catalog; downloading the selected e-book; and storing the downloaded e-book in a memory of the electronic device for off line reading. The book may be split into equal sized chapters and downloaded sequentially. The data may be coded and the first page of each chapter may be sent to the device initially.