Memory allocation to store broadcast information

Abstract

Methods and systems for allocating memory of user terminals are disclosed. A user terminal may determine a weight for one or more categories, each category being associated with Internet information to be broadcast. The user terminal also may determine an available memory size of memory and may allocate memory to the one or more categories for storing the Internet information based on the weights and the available memory size.

What is claimed is: 
     
         1 . A server comprising:
 at least one processor; and   at least one memory unit in communication with the at least one processor, the at least one memory unit includes at least one computer program code and the at least one memory unit and the computer program code are configured to, with the at least one processor, cause the server to perform at least the following:
 receive, at the server, data of Internet information use and categories of interest; 
 generate a category guide, the category guide representing an aggregation of a plurality of categories; 
 communicate the category guide to at least one user terminal; 
 receive update information from the at least one user terminal; and 
 update the category guide based on the update information and update aggregation information for each of the categories. 
   
     
     
         2 . The server of  claim 1 , wherein the server encrypts the category guide based on service subscription of the at least one user terminal and the encrypted category guide is communicated to the at least one user terminal. 
     
     
         3 . The server of  claim 1 , wherein the server sends a request for the update information to the at least one user terminal and receives the update information as a response to the request. 
     
     
         4 . The server of  claim 1  wherein the category guide includes the plurality of categories and each category includes a category description. 
     
     
         5 . The server of  claim 1  wherein the server communicates memory requirements for the category guide to the at least one user terminal. 
     
     
         6 . The server of  claim 1  wherein the server monitors Internet browsing behavior of the at least one user terminal. 
     
     
         7 . The server of  claim 1  wherein the server receives memory information from the at least one user terminal and updates the category guide with the received memory information. 
     
     
         8 . The server of  claim 1  wherein the update information includes preference information of the at least one user terminal. 
     
     
         9 . The server of  claim 8  wherein the server monitors the at least one user terminal for changes in the preference information. 
     
     
         10 . The server of  claim 9  wherein the server receives new preference information associated with the at least one user terminal and updates the preference information with the new preference information for the at least one user terminal. 
     
     
         11 . The server of  claim 10  wherein the preference information is used to update the category guide that the server communicates to the at least one user terminal. 
     
     
         12 . A method comprising:
 receiving, at a server, data of Internet information use and categories of interest;   generating, at the server, a category guide, the category guide representing an aggregation of a plurality of categories;   communicating the category guide to at least one user terminal;   receiving, at the server, update information from the at least one user terminal; and   updating the category guide based on the update information and update aggregation information for each of the plurality of categories.   
     
     
         13 . The method of  claim 12 , wherein the server encrypts the category guide based on service subscription of the at least one user terminal and the encrypted category guide is communicated to the at least one user terminal. 
     
     
         14 . The method of  claim 12 , further comprising:
 sending a request for the update information to the at least one user terminal; and   receiving the update information as a response to the request.   
     
     
         15 . The method of  claim 12  wherein the category guide includes the plurality of categories and each category includes a category description. 
     
     
         16 . The method of  claim 12  further comprising communicating memory requirements for the category guide to the at least one user terminal. 
     
     
         17 . The method of  claim 12  further comprising monitoring Internet browsing behavior of the at least one user terminal. 
     
     
         18 . The method of  claim 12  further comprising receiving memory information from the at least one user terminal and updating the category guide with the received memory information. 
     
     
         19 . The method of  claim 12  wherein the update information includes preference information of the at least one user terminal. 
     
     
         20 . The method of  claim 19  further comprising monitoring the at least one user terminal for changes in the preference information. 
     
     
         21 . The method of  claim 20  further comprising:
 receiving new preference information associated with the at least one user terminal; and 
 updating the preference information with the new preference information for the at least one user terminal. 
 
     
     
         22 . The method of  claim 21  wherein the preference information is used to update the category guide that the server communicates to the at least one user terminal.