Service Discovery

The method by which a consumer finds content of interest. Service discovery falls into on-handset (on-line) or off-handset (off-line) methods. On-line includes browsing menus, direct URL entry, person-to-person recommendation, ad banners or search. Off-line includes printed access methods such as sending a text keyword to an SMS short code. Off-line discovery is assumed to be valid for users across multiple mobile networks.