User interface distribution systems and methods

• US 20060259575A1
• Filed: 12/30/2005
• Published: 11/16/2006
• Est. Priority Date: 05/11/2005
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Oath Inc. (Verizon Communications Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Oath Inc. (Verizon Communications Inc.)
• Inventors: Upendran, Manish, Mann, Laurence
• Application Number:
  US11/322,671
• Publication Number:
  US 20060259575A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 709/217
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/9535 Search customisation based on user profiles and personalisation
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/10 Protecting distributed programs or content, e.g. vending or licensing of copyrighted material protection in video systems or pay television H04N7/16 ; Digital rights management [DRM]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/306 User profiles
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/75 Indicating network or usage conditions on the user display

Abstract

The present invention contemplates systems and methods for the propagation of user interfaces to requesting client devices. According to one embodiment, a method for the propagation of a user interface to one or more devices connected to a network comprises transmitting a request for a user interface to a user interface provider from a requesting device and receiving a link to the user interface from the user interface provider. The link is forwarded to the requesting device, which uses the link to retrieve the user interface.

Claims

1. A method for the propagation of a user interface to one or more devices connected to a network, the method comprising:

transmitting a request for a user interface to a user interface provider from a requesting device;

receiving a link to the user interface from the user interface provider;

forwarding the link to the requesting device; and

using the link by the requesting device to retrieve the user interface.

2. The method of claim 1 wherein transmitting comprising transmitting a request to a user interface server.

3. The method of claim 1 wherein transmitting comprising transmitting a request to a user interface web service.

4. The method of claim 1 wherein transmitting comprising transmitting a request from a digital media adapter.

5. The method of claim 1 wherein transmitting comprises:

transmitting the request from a digital media adapter to a local PC; and

forwarding the request from the local PC to the user interface provider.

6. The method of claim 1 wherein receiving comprises:

receiving the link by a local PC; and

forwarding the link to a digital media adapter.

7. The method of claim 1 wherein using the link comprises accessing an address at the user interface provider to retrieve the user interface.

8. The method of claim 7 wherein accessing comprises accessing by a digital media adapter.

9. The method of claim 1 comprising displaying the user interface by the requesting device.

10. The method of claim 1 comprising:

identifying the requesting device;

generating a personalized user interface for the identified requesting device.

11. The method of claim 1 comprising:

determining the availability of the user interface provider; and

if the user interface provider is unavailable, displaying an error message by the requesting device.

12. The method of 11 wherein displaying comprises displaying by a digital media adapter.

13. The method of 11 comprising:

validating the requesting client; and

if the requesting client is unable to be validated, displaying an error message by the requesting client.