Web content customization via adaptation web services

• US 10,462,247 B2
• Filed: 08/31/2016
• Issued: 10/29/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 04/17/2002
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I LP (AT&T, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I LP (AT&T, Inc.)
• Inventors: Suryanarayana, Lalitha, Gorti, Sreenivasa Rao
• Primary Examiner(s): Suryawanshi, Suresh
• Application Number:
  US15/253,237
• Publication Number:
  US 20160373541A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,154 Days
• Field of Search: 713100
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/9577 Optimising the visualization of content, e.g. distillation of HTML documents
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/02 based on web technology, e.g. hypertext transfer protocol [HTTP]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/04 specially adapted for terminals or networks with limited capabilities; specially adapted for terminal portability
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/303 Terminal profiles
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/565 Conversion or adaptation of application format or content adding application control or application functional data H04L67/561
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 69/329 in the application layer [OSI layer 7]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 9/40 Network security protocols

Abstract

Methods and apparatus to customize web content using customization services are disclosed. An example method includes accessing, by executing an instruction with a processor of a first server, a first request for web content. The web content resides on the first server and the first request originates from a client device and includes indication of a characteristic of the client device. The method further includes generating, by executing an instruction with the processor of the first server, a second request to transform the web content into modified web content based on the characteristic of the client device. The second request includes a universal resource locator of the web content. The method also includes obtaining the modified web content from a second server in response to the first server transmitting the second request to the second server and transmitting the modified web content, from the first server to the client device.

Claims

1. A method comprising:

accessing, by executing an instruction with a processor of a first server, a first request for web content, the web content residing on the first server, the first request originating from a client device, the first request including an indication of identifying a characteristic of the client device, the first request including personally identifiable information of a user of the client device;

generating, by executing an instruction with the processor of the first server, a second request to transform the web content into modified web content based on the characteristic of the client device, the second request including a universal resource locator of the web content, the second request not including the personally identifiable information of the user;

obtaining, by executing an instruction with the processor of the first server, the modified web content from a second server in response to the second request;

incorporating, by executing an instruction with the processor of the first server, the personally identifiable information of the user into the modified web content; and

transmitting the modified web content incorporating the personally identifiable information of the user, from the first server to the client device.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the characteristic of the client device is at least one of:

1) a size of a display of the client device,

     2) an amount of memory associated with the client device, and

     3) a type of input device associated with the client device.

3. The method of claim 1, further including sending the second request to the second server, the second server being separate from the first server.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the modified web content includes cached modified web content.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the client device includes a cellular telephone.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the first request further includes a customization requirement providing information on how to customize the web content for the client device based on the characteristic of the client device, and the accessing of the first request includes receiving the first request via a wireless link.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein the transmitting of the second request to the second server is to invoke a web service implemented by the second server.

8. A first server comprising:

a processor; and

memory including machine readable instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to perform operations including;

accessing a first request for web content residing on the first server, the first request to originate from a client device, the first request including delivery context information, the delivery context information including personally identifiable information of a user of the client device;

generating a second request to transform the web content into modified web content based on a customization requirement associated with the delivery context information, the second request including a universal resource locator of the web content, the second request not including the personally identifiable information of the user;

obtaining the modified web content from a second server in response to the second request, the second server being separate from the first server;

incorporating the personally identifiable information of the user into the modified web content; and

transmitting the modified web content to the client device incorporating the personally identifiable information of the user.

9. The first server of claim 8, wherein the operations further include sending the second request to the second server.

10. The first server of claim 8, wherein the delivery context information includes at least one of:

1) a size of a display of the client device,

     2) an amount of memory associated with the client device, and

     3) a type of input device associated with the client device.

11. The first server of claim 8, wherein the transmitting of the second request to the second server is to invoke a service to transform the web content residing on the first server.

12. The first server of claim 8, wherein the client device includes a cellular telephone.

13. The first server of claim 8, wherein the customization requirement provides information on how to customize the web content for the client device, and the operations further include receiving the first request via a wireless link.

14. The first server of claim 8, wherein the modified web content includes cached modified web content.

15. An article of manufacture comprising instructions which, when executed, cause a first server to perform operations comprising:

accessing a first request for web content residing on the first server, the first request to originate from a client device, the first request including delivery context information, the delivery context information including personally identifiable information of a user of the client device;

generating a second request to transform the web content into modified web content based on a customization requirement associated with the delivery context information, the second request not including the personally identifiable information of the user;

accessing the modified web content from a second server in response to the second request;

incorporating the personally identifiable information of the user into the modified web content; and

transmitting the modified web content to the client device.

16. The article of manufacture of claim 15, wherein the operations further include sending the second request to the second server, the second server being separate from the first server.

17. The article of manufacture of claim 15, wherein the modified web content includes cached modified web content.

18. The article of manufacture of claim 15, wherein the customization requirement provides information on how to customize the web content for the client device, and the first request is received via a wireless link.

19. The article of manufacture of claim 15, wherein the client device is a cellular telephone.

20. The article of manufacture of claim 15, wherein the delivery context information includes at least one of:

1) a size of a display of the client device,

     2) an amount of memory associated with the client device, and

     3) a type of input device associated with the client device.