Tailoring content to be delivered to mobile device based upon features of mobile device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9432479-B2
Application number	US-201213405311-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Feb 26, 2012
Priority date	Jul 29, 2011
Publication date	Aug 30, 2016
Grant date	Aug 30, 2016

Abstract

A method for delivering tailored specific content to a mobile device. A shim application is provided to the mobile device by a content server after the mobile device visits the content server for the first time. The shim application detects the capabilities of the mobile device, such as the screen size, screen resolution, memory size, browser capabilities, etc. The shim application then includes such information in the header of the requests, such as a request for content, sent from the mobile device to the content server. The content server then generates the requested content in the appropriate format based on the information provided in the header. In this manner, the content server will now be able to ensure that the content provided by the content server for a particular mobile device will be appropriately displayed on the mobile device.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A method for delivering tailored specific content to a mobile device, the method comprising:
providing a shim application to said mobile device, wherein said shim application detects capabilities of said mobile device;
receiving a request for content, wherein said request comprises header information providing said capabilities of said mobile device;
generating said content in a format compliant to said mobile device based on said header information; and
transmitting, by a processor, said generated content to said mobile device.

2. The method as recited in claim 1 , wherein said capabilities comprise browser capabilities.

3. The method as recited in claim 1 , wherein said capabilities comprise one or more of the following: screen size, screen resolution and memory size.

4. The method as recited in claim 1 further comprising:
detecting a first time visit by said mobile device, wherein said shim application is provided to said mobile device in response to detecting said first time visit by said mobile device.

5. The method as recited in claim 1 , wherein said capabilities detected by said shim application are stored in a cache of said mobile device.

6. The method as recited in claim 1 , wherein said shim application is provided to said mobile device by transmitting a link to a website to download said shim application.

Assignees

• Jemiolo Daniel
• Kaplinger Todd E
• Mitchell Christopher C
• Truty Gregory L
• IBM

Inventors

• Jemiolo Daniel
• Kaplinger Todd E
• Mitchell Christopher C
• Truty Gregory L

Classifications

• H04W4/001

  Electricity · mapped topic

• H04L67/34 Primary

  involving the movement of software or configuration parameters  (network booting or remote initial program loading [RIPL] G06F9/4416) · CPC title

• H04N21/2662

  Controlling the complexity of the video stream, e.g. by scaling the resolution or bitrate of the video stream based on the client capabilities · CPC title

• H04N21/25825

  involving client display capabilities, e.g. screen resolution of a mobile phone (optimising the visualisation of content during browsing in the Internet G06F16/9577; processing of terminal status or physical abilities in wireless networks H04W8/22; authentication in wireless network security H04W12/06) · CPC title

• H04N21/41407

  embedded in a portable device, e.g. video client on a mobile phone, PDA, laptop (constructional details of equipment or arrangements specially adapted for portable computer application G06F1/1626; arrangements specially adapted for mobile receivers in broadcast systems H04H20/57) · CPC title