ADAPTIVE CONTENT DELIVERY

• US 20070216654A1
• Filed: 05/22/2007
• Published: 09/20/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 01/26/2001
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Palmsource Incorporated (Access Company Limited)
• Original Assignee: Palmsource Incorporated (Access Company Limited)
• Inventors: Soriano, Fermin, Arnold, Greg
• Granted Patent: US 7,671,869 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 345/169
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/957 Browsing optimisation, e.g. caching or content distillation

Abstract

A method and apparatus that provides adaptation in the content delivered to a palmtop computer. Connections between a palmtop computer and the Internet can vary from low speed dial-up to very high speed. Also, a palmtop computer'"'"'s display, memory and processing power can vary considerably. Communication with the Internet is generally through a proxy server that can deduce these considerations from the palmtop computer'"'"'s serial number and/or other information specified by user. The proxy server can then adapt the content based upon these considerations (e.g. only send two bit gray scale images to non-color palmtop computer, only send first frame of animated gif to low processing power palmtop computer, etc.).

Claims

1. A method of adapting content for transmission to a palmtop computer, comprising:

receiving an identifier from the palmtop computer;

determining a profile for downloading information to the palmtop computer, and adapting content to be transmitted to the palmtop computer based upon the profile.