System for submitting and delivering content events to remote devices

1. A method for delivering multimedia content to a mobile communication device, said method comprising the steps of:

receiving, from a content provider, a multimedia content;

composing notification message, said notification message indicative of the multimedia content;

sending, to the mobile communication device, the notification media message;

receiving, from the mobile communication device, a request for receiving the multimedia content; and

delivering, to the mobile communication device, the requested multimedia content.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein said mobile communication device is one of a cellular phone and a personal digital assistant.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein said notification message and said multimedia content are transmitted over a wireless network.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the notification message includes pricing information associated with the multimedia content.

5. The method of claim 1, further comprising the step of deducting financial credit from an account associated with the mobile communication device.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the multimedia content includes video of a professional sports event, and wherein the notification message includes an score tally of the sports event.

7. The method of claim 1, further comprising the step of requesting, from the mobile communication device, a user ID and a password associated with the user ID.

8. A method for delivering multimedia content to a plurality of mobile communication devices, said method comprising the steps of:

receiving, from each of the plurality of mobile communication devices, a user criteria indicating of at least one category of desired multimedia content;

receiving, from a plurality of content providers, a plurality of multimedia content;

categorizing the received plurality of multimedia content;

selectively transmitting the categorized multimedia to selective ones of plurality of mobile communication devices, wherein at least some of the categorized multimedia content are transmitted to only the mobile communication devices from which a user criteria indicative of a matching category is received.

9. The method of claim 8, further comprising the steps of:

for at least some of the received multimedia content, composing a plurality of notification messages, said notification messages indicative of the respective multimedia content received;

sending, to the plurality of mobile communication devices, the notification media messages;

receiving, from at least some of the plurality of mobile communication device, at least one request for receiving a multimedia content; and

delivering, to the mobile communication devices from which requests are received, the requested multimedia content.

10. The method of claim 8, wherein said plurality of mobile communication devices is one of a cellular phone and a personal digital assistant.

11. The method of claim 9, wherein said notification messages and said multimedia content are transmitted over a wireless network.

12. The method of claim 9, wherein the notification message includes pricing information associated with the multimedia content.

13. The method of claim 8, further comprising the step of deducting financial credit from an account associated with the mobile communication device.

14. The method of claim 9, wherein the multimedia content include videos of professional sports events, and wherein the notification messages includes score tallies of the sports events.

15. The method of claim 8, further comprising the step of requesting, from the mobile communication device, a user ID and a password associated with the user ID.

16. A mobile communication device for selectively receiving video multimedia content, said mobile communication device comprising:

a display for displaying video multimedia content;

means for receiving, from a service provider, a notification message, said notification message indicative of a multimedia content;

means for causing the display to display the notification message;

means for sending, to the service provider, a request for receiving the multimedia content; and

means for receiving, from the service provider, the requested multimedia content.

17. The mobile communication device of claim 16, wherein said mobile communication device is one of a cellular phone and a personal digital assistant.

18. The mobile communication device of claim 16, wherein said notification message and said multimedia content are transmitted over a wireless network.

19. The mobile communication device of claim 16, wherein the notification message includes pricing information associated with the multimedia content.

20. The mobile communication device of claim 16, wherein the multimedia content includes video of a professional sports event, and wherein the notification message includes an score tally of the sports event.