Data delivery
First Claim
1. A method of sending data, said data being heldon a primary processing apparatus capable of receiving a request for data, to at least one data-receiving device, said method comprising arranging said data on said primary processing apparatus in at least two information levels, said information levels being arranged such that said information levels comprise a predetermined subset of said data held on said primary processing apparatus and the method further comprising sending at least one of said information levels to a particular data-receiving device on receipt by said primary processing apparatus of a said request for data.
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Abstract
A method of sending data held on a primary processing apparatus (2) to one or more data receiving devices is disclosed. On receiving a request for data, the method comprises arranging the data on a processing apparatus in two or more information levels such that a predetermined subset of the data comprising data at one of the information levels is sent to a particular device. Each level may compare data which is appropriate to the receiving device, for example, so that a shorter version of a text at one level is sent to a requesting mobile phone (26) while a full version of the text at another level is sent to a personal computer display (30).
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37 Claims
- 1. A method of sending data, said data being heldon a primary processing apparatus capable of receiving a request for data, to at least one data-receiving device, said method comprising arranging said data on said primary processing apparatus in at least two information levels, said information levels being arranged such that said information levels comprise a predetermined subset of said data held on said primary processing apparatus and the method further comprising sending at least one of said information levels to a particular data-receiving device on receipt by said primary processing apparatus of a said request for data.
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24. A primary processing apparatus capable of holding data, said data being arranged in at least two information levels, said primary processing apparatus comprising processing circuitry, a transmitter arranged to transmit data and a receiver arranged to receive a data request, and on receiving a said data request to pass said request to said processing circuitry, said processing circuitry being capable of selecting a subset of data from said data held on the primary processing circuitry on receipt of said request, said subset of data comprising data at at least one of said information levels, and of causing said transmitter to transmit said subset of data.
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26. A method of organising data on a primary processing apparatus, capable of holding data, of receiving a request for data, and of sending said data to at least one data-receiving device on receipt of a request for data, said data-receiving device being capable of sending a request for data, said method comprising arranging said data held on said primary processing apparatus in at least two information levels, each of said information levels comprising a predetermined subset of said data, said method comprising sending data at one of said information levels to a particular data-receiving device on receipt by said primary processing apparatus of a request for data sent from said particular data-receiving device.
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35. A method of sending data, said data being held on a primary processing apparatus capable of receiving a request for data, to at least one data-receiving device, said method comprising arranging said data on said primary processing apparatus in at least two information levels, said information levels being arranged such that said information levels comprise a predetermined subset of said data held on said primary processing apparatus and the method further comprising sending at least one of said information levels to a particular data-receiving device on receipt by said primary processing apparatus of a said request for data and further comprising arranging said information levels such that each of said information levels provides an alternative edition of said data such that each of said alternative editions contains substantially the same information as any other of said editions.
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36. A method of sending data, said data being held on a primary processing apparatus capable of receiving a request for data, to at least one data-receiving device, said method comprising arranging said data on said primary processing apparatus in at least two information levels, said information levels being arranged such that said information levels comprise a predetermined subset of said data held on said primary processing apparatus and the method further comprising sending at least one of said information levels to a particular data-receiving device on receipt by said primary processing apparatus of a said request for data and further comprising determining the capability of the data receiving device to receive data before said data held on said primary processing apparatus is sent.
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37. A method of sending data, said data being held on a primary processing means capable of receiving a request for data, to at least one data-receiving means, said method comprising arranging said data on said primary processing means in at least two information levels, said information levels being arranged such that said information levels comprise a predetermined subset of said data held on said primary processing means and the method further comprising sending at least one of said information levels to a particular data receiving means on receipt by said primary processing means of a request for data.
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