System and method for cross-carrier mobile device capability discovery

• US 20080147592A1
• Filed: 02/26/2007
• Published: 06/19/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 02/24/2006
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Syniverse ICX LLC
• Original Assignee: Syniverse ICX Corp. (Syniverse Corp.)
• Inventors: Dhandapani, Krishnamoorthy, Priyadarshan, Eswar, Lo, Kenneth, Bukow, George, Nandiwada, Srinivasarao
• Granted Patent: US 7,974,988 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 707/1
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/066 Format adaptation, e.g. format conversion or compression
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/18 Information format or content conversion, e.g. adaptation by the network of the transmitted or received information for the purpose of wireless delivery to users or terminals

Abstract

A system and method for cross-carrier mobile device capability discovery. According to an embodiment, a content delivery platform receives an identifier associated with a mobile computing device of a user, identifies a wireless carrier associated with the mobile computing device based on the received identifier, and detects one or more media capabilities supported by the user'"'"'s mobile computing device for delivering content to the user'"'"'s mobile computing device based at least in part on media capabilities supported by the identified carrier.

Claims

1. A method for cross-carrier mobile device capability discovery, comprising:

receiving an identifier associated with a mobile computing device of a user;

identifying a wireless carrier associated with the mobile computing device based on the received identifier; and

detecting one or more media capabilities supported by the user'"'"'s mobile computing device for delivering content to the user'"'"'s mobile computing device based at least in part on media capabilities supported by the identified carrier.

2. The method of claim 1, further including

storing in a database a descriptor associated with one of the detected one or more media capabilities supported by the user'"'"'s mobile computing device.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein the stored descriptor is associated with the richest of the detected one or more media capabilities.

4. The method of claim 2, further including

retrieving the stored descriptor, and

delivering content to the user'"'"'s mobile computing device in accordance with the media capability associated with the stored descriptor.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the mobile computing device of the user includes a phone capable of displaying content provided from across a network.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the identifier associated with the mobile computing device of the user includes a telephone number.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein the one or more media capabilities supported by the user'"'"'s mobile computing device include one or more types of media displayable on the user'"'"'s mobile computing device.

8. The method of claim 7, wherein the one or more types of media includes text.

9. The method of claim 7, wherein the one or more types of media includes combined image and text.

10. The method of claim 7, wherein the one or more types of media includes combined video and text.

11. The method of claim 7, wherein the one or more types of media includes combined video, image and text.

12. The method of claim 1, wherein the media capabilities supported by the identified carrier include one or more methods for delivering media to the user'"'"'s mobile computing device.

13. The method of claim 12, wherein the one or more methods for delivering media includes SMS (Short Message Service).

14. The method of claim 12, wherein the one or more methods for delivering media includes MMS (Multimedia Messaging Service).

15. The method of claim 12, wherein the one or more methods for delivering media includes WAP (Wireless Application Protocol).

16. The method of claim 1, wherein the detecting step further includes

sending a message to the user'"'"'s mobile computing device in accordance with a richer of the media capabilities supported by the identified carrier.

17. The method of claim 16, wherein the detecting step further includes

associating the descriptor with the richer media capability if an automated response is received indicating that the message was retrieved by the user'"'"'s mobile computing device.

18. The method of claim 16, wherein the detecting step further includes

identifying a make and model of the user'"'"'s mobile computing device based on header information associated with a response to the message generated by the user.