Communication network terminal supporting a plurality of applications

An apparatus comprising:

• a receiver configured to access the Internet over a mobile communication network and receive at least a portion of a page on the Internet in the form of code in a first user message, wherein the first user message includes at least a telephone number to which a second user message should be sent;
• a memory configured to store the code for use by the mobile station without an open communications link to the Internet;
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• a transmitter configured to send the second user message including identifiers, located in the code sent in the first user message, as characters in a data field of the second user message, wherein the first and second user message reserve a communication channel for a shorter period of time than a transmission over an opened communication link.

A method of transferring data between first device for communicating over a mobile communications network and a network operator having a connection to the mobile communications network, the method comprising:

• receiving in the first device from the network operator an application identifier including at least a command, the application identifier corresponding to a service page downloaded from the Internet to the first device, wherein a beginning of the application identifier indicates the service page and another portion of the application identifier indicates a provider of services corresponding to the service page;
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• utilizing the command to access services offered by the network operator from the first device;
• wherein the application identifier is received in the first device via a user message, where the user message is a short message service message and the service page is arranged on a display of the first device as a response to the user message.

A mobile terminal comprising:

• a receiver configured to receive from a network operator an application identifier including at least a command, the application identifier corresponding to a service page downloaded from the Internet to the first device, wherein a beginning of the application identifier indicates the service page and another portion of the application identifier indicates a provider of services corresponding to the service page;
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• a processor configured to automatically utilize the command to access services offered by the network operator;
• wherein the application identifier is received in the mobile terminal via a user message, where the user message is a short message service message and the service page is arranged on a display of the first device as a response to the user message.

A method comprising:

• transferring data between a mobile station for communicating over a mobile communications network and a server in the Internet having a connection to the mobile communications network, wherein transferring data includes:
• providing at least a portion of a page on the Internet in the form of code;
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• sending the code to the mobile station in a first user message where the first user message is a short message service message;
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• locating identifiers in the code sent to the mobile station and attaching the identifiers as characters to a data field of a user message to be sent by the mobile station.

A method comprising:

• transferring data between a mobile station for communicating over a mobile communications network and a server in the Internet having a connection to the mobile communications network, wherein transferring data includes:
• providing at least a portion of a page on the Internet in the form of code;
• sending the code to the mobile station in a first user message where the first user message is a short message service message and includes at least a telephone number to which a second user message from the mobile station should be sent;
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• wherein the second user message is divided into an address field portion containing an address of the mobile station and into a data portion containing a response and a header indicating an application type.