Gathering Device Attributes from Multiple Devices to Exploit the Common or Complimentary Features on Those Devices

• US 20130054575A1
• Filed: 08/30/2011
• Published: 02/28/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 08/30/2011
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Original Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Inventors: Bodin, William, Dwivedi, Indiver N., Jaramillo, David
• Granted Patent: US 8,788,520 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 707/722
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/9577 Optimising the visualization of content, e.g. distillation of HTML documents

Abstract

An embodiment of the invention provides a system including an interface for receiving a device identifier, a user identifier, and a request for a resource from a mobile device. A database connected to the interface includes attributes of mobile devices and user profiles. The user profiles include user identifiers and lists, wherein each of the lists include at least one mobile device used by each user to access resources. The database is queried with the device identifier to identify attributes of the mobile device. A profile of a user is generated or updated based on the user identifier and the identified attributes of the mobile device. A processor connected to the database sends a recommendation to the mobile device based on the profile of the user, the attributes of the mobile device, and the resource requested. The recommendation includes a recommended mobile device or a recommended combination of mobile devices.

Claims

1. A method comprising:

receiving a device identifier, a user identifier, and a request for a resource from a mobile device;

querying a database with the device identifier to identify attributes of the mobile device;

one of generating and updating a profile of a user based on the user identifier and the identified attributes of the mobile device, the profile of the user comprising a list including at least one mobile device used by the user to access resources;

sending a recommendation to the mobile device based on the profile of the user, the attributes of the mobile device, and the resource requested, the recommendation including at least one of a recommended mobile device and a recommended combination of mobile devices.

2. The method according to claim 1, wherein at least one of the recommended mobile device and the recommended combination of mobile devices are in the list in the profile of the user.

3. The method according to claim 1, further comprising automatically sending a link to the resource to at least one of an e-mail address of the user and a second mobile device of the user.

4. The method according to claim 3, wherein said automatically sending of the link is performed when the resource is incompatible with the mobile device.

5. The method according to claim 1, further comprising transcoding the resource from a first format to a second format, the second format being compatible with at least one of the mobile device and a second mobile device of the user.

6. The method according to claim 1, further comprising analyzing profiles of users to determine mobile device types used by the users to access the resource.

7. The method according to claim 1, wherein the request for the resource is sent from the mobile device to a service provider, and sent from the service provider to a back end web service, and

said receiving of the device identifier, said querying of the database, and said one of generating and updating the profile of the user is performed by the back end web service.

8. The method according to claim 1, further comprising identifying at least one of:

common attributes between at least two mobile devices in the profile of the user; and

complementary attributes between at least two mobile devices in the profile of the user.

9. The method according to claim 1, further comprising customizing the resource based on the identified attributes of the mobile device.

10. The method according to claim 1, wherein the attributes of the mobile device include at least one of a manufacturer, a model, a type, and capabilities of the mobile device.

11. A method comprising:

receiving a device identifier, a user identifier, and a request for a resource from a mobile device;

querying a database with the device identifier to identify attributes of the mobile device;

one of generating and updating a profile of a user based on the user identifier and the identified attributes of the mobile device, the profile of the user comprising a list including at least one mobile device used by the user to access resources;

automatically sending a link to the resource to at least one of an e-mail address of the user and a second mobile device of the user.

12. The method according to claim 11, further comprising sending a recommendation to the mobile device based on the profile of the user, the attributes of the mobile device, and the resource requested, the recommendation including at least one of a recommended mobile device and a recommended combination of mobile devices.

13. The method according to claim 11, further comprising transcoding the resource from a first format to a second format, the second format being compatible with at least one of the mobile device and a second mobile device of the user.

14. The method according to claim 11, further comprising analyzing profiles of users to determine mobile device types used by the users to access the resource.

15. The method according to claim 11, wherein the request for the resource is sent from the mobile device to a service provider, and sent from the service provider to a back end web service, and

said receiving of the device identifier, said querying of the database, and said one of generating and updating the profile of the user is performed by the back end web service.

16. The method according to claim 11, further comprising identifying at least one of:

common attributes between at least two mobile devices in the profile of the user; and

complementary attributes between at least two mobile devices in the profile of the user.

17. The method according to claim 11, further comprising customizing the resource based on the identified attributes of the mobile device.

18. A system comprising:

an interface for receiving a device identifier, a user identifier, and a request for a resource from a user of a mobile device;

a database connected to said interface, said database includes;

attributes of mobile devices, and

user profiles including user identifiers and lists, each of the lists including at least one mobile device used by each user to access resources; and

a processor connected to said database, said processor recommends at least one of a recommended mobile device and a recommended combination of mobile devices based on a profile of the user, attributes of the mobile device, and the resource requested.

19. The system according to claim 18, wherein said interface automatically sends a link to the resource to at least one of an e-mail address of the user and a second mobile device of the user.

20. The system according to claim 18, wherein said processor transcodes the resource from a first format to a second format, the second format being compatible with at least one of the mobile device and a second mobile device of the user.

21. The system according to claim 18, wherein said interface is in communication with a service provider/website, wherein the request for the resource is sent from the mobile device to the service provider/website, and sent from the service provider to said interface.

22. The system according to claim 18, wherein said processor identifies at least one of:

common attributes between at least two mobile devices in the profile of the user; and

complementary attributes between at least two mobile devices in the profile of the user.

23. A computer program product comprising:

a computer readable storage medium;

first program instructions to receive a device identifier, a user identifier, and a request for a resource from a mobile device;

second program instructions to query a database with the device identifier to identify attributes of the mobile device;

third program instructions to one of generate and update a profile of a user based on the user identifier and the identified attributes of the mobile device, the profile of the user comprising a list including at least one mobile device used by the user to access resources;

fourth program instructions to sending a recommendation to the mobile device based on the profile of the user, the attributes of the mobile device, and the resource requested, the recommendation including at least one of a recommended mobile device and a recommended combination of mobile devices,

said first program instructions, said second program instructions, said third program instructions, and said fourth program instructions are stored on said computer readable storage medium.

24. The computer program product according to claim 23, further comprising fifth program instructions to automatically send a link to the resource to at least one of an e-mail address of the user and a second mobile device of the user.

25. The computer program product according to claim 23, further comprising sixth program instructions to transcode the resource from a first format to a second format, the second format being compatible with at least one of the mobile device and a second mobile device of the user.