METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING CONTENT TO A COMPUTING DEVICE

• US 20130145246A1
• Filed: 11/27/2012
• Published: 06/06/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 02/25/2000
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: DigiMedia Tech, LLC (IP Investments Group LLC)
• Original Assignee: Salmon Alagnak LLC (Intellectual Ventures LLC)
• Inventors: So, Andrew
• Granted Patent: US 10,374,984 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 715/224
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 40/174 Form filling; Merging
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/10 Office automation; Time management
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/04 Real-time or near real-time messaging, e.g. instant messaging [IM]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/20 for managing network security; network security policies in general filtering policies H04L63/0227

Abstract

Methods and systems for providing content (e.g., such as web content) to a computing device are disclosed. An example method for providing web content includes receiving, from a first computing device, a request for the web content and determining a device type of the first computing device. The example method further includes retrieving the web content and modifying the web content based on the device type. The example method still further includes providing the modified web content to the first computing device for display on the first computing device.

Claims

1. A method comprising:

providing an end-user interface, wherein the end-user interface is configured to provide a selectable level of security for transmissions associated with a chat session.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising selecting a first level of security for the transmission associated with the chat session.

3. The method of claim 2, further comprising accelerating the transmissions in response to the selecting the first level of security.

4. The method of claim 3, wherein the first level of security comprises implementing secure transmissions.

5. The method of claim 4, wherein the secure transmissions comprises encryption of the chat session.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the transmissions comprise financial transactions and network traffic.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein the level of security comprises a secure transmission session and a non-secure transmission session.

8. The method of claim 5, wherein the secure transmissions further comprise a secure socket layer session.

9. The method of claim 1, wherein the level of security is configured to a default setting of a non-secure transmission session.

10. The method of claim 1, wherein the level of security is configured to a default setting of a secure transmission session.

11. A method comprising:

providing a network-based chat session for a plurality of participants;

providing a plurality of stored messages;

selecting a stored message of the plurality of stored messages; and

presenting the selected stored message as chat input independent of entering text comprising the selected stored message.

12. The method of claim 11, wherein the stored messages comprise selectable past responses to questions.

13. A method comprising:

determining, by a server, a need to present a visitor with a form that requires information regarding the visitor to be included in the form;

accessing, by the server, previously-stored information from the visitor; and

entering, by the server, at least a portion of the previously-stored information into the form independent of the visitor entering information related to the previously-stored information.

14. The method of claim 13, wherein the form comprises a sales transaction.

15. The method of claim 13, wherein the previously-stored information comprises information entered by the visitor in a previous sales transaction.

16. A method comprising:

compressing information according to a predetermined time interval;

storing the compressed information in a database;

selectable searching of the database comprising the compressed information and uncompressed information; and

wherein the selectable searching comprises;

searching compressed information, and

searching uncompressed information.