Systems, methods, and computer readable media for providing applications style functionality to a user

A method of transmitting data to a mobile radio terminal comprising the steps of:

• interpreting the execution of an application such that the application can be expressed as a plurality of linked states through which a mobile radio terminal can navigate to create the appearance of executing the application;
• encoding a first data stream having ones of the plurality of linked states, wherein each state is associated with output instructions and storage instructions;
• transmitting the first data stream to at least one mobile radio terminal;
• and
• maintaining a record of the ones of the plurality of linked states that were transmitted to the at least one mobile radio terminal in the first data stream.

A method of transmitting data to a mobile radio terminal comprising the steps of:

• providing a current impression having a first set of screen elements;
• building an index of a plurality of impressions, wherein each of the plurality of impressions includes a set of screen elements;
• selecting ones of the plurality of impressions that have a set of screen elements that are the most similar to the first set of screen elements of the current impression;
• comparing each set of screen elements of the selected impressions with the first set of screen elements to determine a best fit impression;
• generating a data transmission that comprises a set of differences between the best fit impression and the current impression;
• and
• transmitting the data transmission to a mobile radio terminal.