System and Method for Delivering Mobile RSS Content
First Claim
1. A method for delivering Web content to a limited-capability mobile device, the method comprising:
- receiving from the limited-capability mobile device a request for information of interest from the Web;
in response to the request, retrieving a target Web page containing the information of interest;
examining the Web page to determine a particular page type;
based on the particular page type, selecting a page strategy for extracting the information of interest from the Web page;
based on the selected page strategy, extracting the information of interest from the Web page;
formatting the information of interest, so that the information of interest is optimized for display on the limited-capability mobile device; and
transmitting the formatted information of interest to the limited-capability mobile device, so that that information may be conveniently displayed on the limited-capability mobile device.
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Abstract
System and method for delivering mobile RSS content is described. The system, upon receiving a URL or feature list from a user of a feature phone, retrieves the target Web page and delivers to the feature phone Web content that is comparable to that which the user would enjoy at a desktop computer. In particular, the system of the present invention examines the target Web page to determine a particular page type and corresponding page strategy to apply. Based on the page strategy employed, the system may return to the user the content that they actually wanted from the target Web page. In this manner, the user need not purchase an expensive, high-end “smart phone” (e.g., Treo or the like) in order to retrieve Web content. The invention is particularly applicable in regions where high-end mobile devices are not practical (e.g., developing countries).
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1. A method for delivering Web content to a limited-capability mobile device, the method comprising:
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receiving from the limited-capability mobile device a request for information of interest from the Web; in response to the request, retrieving a target Web page containing the information of interest; examining the Web page to determine a particular page type; based on the particular page type, selecting a page strategy for extracting the information of interest from the Web page; based on the selected page strategy, extracting the information of interest from the Web page; formatting the information of interest, so that the information of interest is optimized for display on the limited-capability mobile device; and transmitting the formatted information of interest to the limited-capability mobile device, so that that information may be conveniently displayed on the limited-capability mobile device. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. A system for delivering Web content, the system comprising:
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a limited-capability mobile device; and server modules for; receiving from the limited-capability mobile device a request for information of interest from the Web; retrieving a target Web page containing the information of interest in response to the request; examining the Web page to determine a particular page type; selecting a page strategy for extracting the information of interest from the Web page based on the particular page type; extracting the information of interest from the Web page based on the selected page strategy; formatting the information of interest, so that the information of interest is optimized for display on the limited-capability mobile device; and transmitting the formatted information of interest to the limited-capability mobile device, so that that information may be conveniently displayed on the limited-capability mobile device. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30)
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31. A method for on-demand formatting of a Web page into an RSS (Rich Site Summary) feed, the method comprising:
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receiving a request from a client device for an RSS feed from the Web page; parsing the Web page to determine a page strategy for extracting information from the Web page for use as an RSS feed; based on the determined page strategy, extracting the information and reformatting it on-the-fly into an RSS feed; and transmitting the RSS feed to the client device. - View Dependent Claims (32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50)
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