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Device-independent content acquisition and presentation

  • US 20020107891A1
  • Filed: 02/06/2002
  • Published: 08/08/2002
  • Est. Priority Date: 02/06/2001
  • Status: Abandoned Application
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1. A method of formatting content for display on a device comprising:

  • maintaining one or more data sources of information objects comprising at least one computer language object, at least one browser object, and at least one device object;

    receiving from the device a request for information over a global communications network;

    identifying a device type, the device type comprising a communication format, a browser type, and a hardware type;

    retrieving the content in response to the request, wherein the retrieved content is formatted in a standard markup language regardless of the identified device type;

    retrieving from at least one of the data sources one of the computer language objects for the identified communication format, one of the browser objects for the identified browser type, and one of the device objects for the identified hardware type;

    based on the retrieved computer language object, browser object and device object, reformatting the content into a language that enables display of the content on the device; and

    delivering the reformatted content to the device over the global communications network.

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