CLIENT-SIDE WEB SITE SELECTION ACCORDING TO DEVICE CAPABILITIES

• US 20140095583A1
• Filed: 09/28/2012
• Published: 04/03/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 09/28/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Disney Enterprises Incorporated (The Walt Disney Company)
• Original Assignee: Disney Enterprises Incorporated (The Walt Disney Company)
• Inventors: Houle, Brendan P.
• Granted Patent: US 9,613,160 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 709/203
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 15/16 Combinations of two or more digital computers each having at least an arithmetic unit, a program unit and a register, e.g. for a simultaneous processing of several programs coordinating program control therefor G06F9/52; in regulating and control system G05B
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/9535 Search customisation based on user profiles and personalisation
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/9577 Optimising the visualization of content, e.g. distillation of HTML documents
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0482 Interaction with lists of selectable items, e.g. menus
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 40/134 Hyperlinking
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 40/143 Markup, e.g. Standard Generalized Markup Language [SGML] or Document Type Definition [DTD]
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 40/197 Version control for software G06F8/71
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/46 Multiprogramming arrangements
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/02 based on web technology, e.g. hypertext transfer protocol [HTTP]

Abstract

An aspect provides a method, including: sending a request for a web site from a client device to a server; receiving a response to the web site request from the server, wherein the response to the web site request includes at least a portion of a first version of the web site requested and one or more links describing one or more alternate versions of the web site requested, the one or more links comprising conditional data; determining if the conditional data is met; and in response to the conditional data being met, requesting an alternate version of the web site requested. Other aspects are described and claimed.

Claims

1. A method, comprising:

receiving a request for a web site from a client device;

forming a response to the web site request for the client device, wherein the response to the web site request includes at least a portion of a first version of the web site requested and one or more links describing one or more alternate versions of the web site requested, the one or more links comprising conditional data; and

sending the response to the web site request to the client device.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the response to the web site request further comprises a script.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein the script comprises information enabling the client device to select an alternate version of the web site requested using the one or more links based on the conditional data.

4. The method of claim 2, wherein the script is included in a HEAD portion of an HTML document of the response to the web site request.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the alternate version of the web site requested is a version of the web site optimized for the client device.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the request for a web site from the client device includes client device information.

7. The method of claim 6, wherein the forming a response to the web site request for the client device further comprises utilizing the client device information in selecting versions of the web site requested for inclusion in the one or more links.

8. The method of claim 2, wherein the response to the web site request includes program code configured to run in a browser of the client device.

9. The method of claim 8, wherein program code configured to run in the browser of the client device comprises a utility configured to process the script.

10. A computer program product, comprising:

a computer readable storage medium having computer readable program code embodied therewith, the computer readable program code comprising;

computer readable program code configured to receive a request for a web site from a client device;

computer readable program code configured to form a response to the web site request for the client device, wherein the response to the web site request includes at least a portion of a first version of the web site requested and one or more links describing one or more alternate versions of the web site requested, the one or more links comprising conditional data; and

computer readable program code configured to send the response to the web site request to the client device.

11. The computer program product of claim 10, wherein the response to the web site request further comprises a script.

12. The computer program product of claim 11, wherein the script comprises information enabling the client device to select an alternate version of the web site requested using the one or more links based on the conditional data.

13. The computer program product of claim 12, wherein the script is included in a HEAD portion of an HTML document of the response to the web site request.

14. The computer program product of claim 10, wherein the alternate version of the web site requested is a version of the web site optimized for the client device.

15. A method, comprising:

sending a request for a web site from a client device to a server;

receiving a response to the web site request from the server, wherein the response to the web site request includes at least a portion of a first version of the web site requested and one or more links describing one or more alternate versions of the web site requested, the one or more links comprising conditional data;

determining if the conditional data is met; and

in response to the conditional data being met, requesting an alternate version of the web site requested.

16. The method of claim 15, wherein the response to the web site request further comprises a script.

17. The method of claim 16, wherein the script comprises information enabling the client device to select an alternate version of the web site requested using the one or more links based on the conditional data.

18. The method of claim 17, wherein the script is included in a HEAD portion of an HTML document of the response to the web site request.

19. The method of claim 15, wherein the alternate version of the web site requested is a version of the web site optimized for the client device.

20. A computer program product, comprising:

a computer readable storage medium having computer readable program code embodied therewith, the computer readable program code comprising;

computer readable program code configured to send a request for a web site from a client device to a server;

computer readable program code configured to receive a response to the web site request from the server, wherein the response to the web site request includes at least a portion of a first version of the web site requested and one or more links describing one or more alternate versions of the web site requested, the one or more links comprising conditional data;

computer readable program code configured to determine if the conditional data is met; and

computer readable program code configured to, in response to the conditional data being met, request an alternate version of the web site requested.

21. The computer program product of claim 20, wherein the response to the web site request further comprises a script.

22. The computer program product of claim 21, wherein the script comprises information enabling the client device to select an alternate version of the web site requested using the one or more links based on the conditional data.

23. The computer program product of claim 21, wherein the script is included in a HEAD portion of an HTML document of the response to the web site request.

24. The computer program product of claim 20, wherein the alternate version of the web site requested is a version of the web site optimized for the client device.

25. An apparatus, comprising:

one or more processors; and

a computer readable storage medium having computer readable program code embodied therewith and executable by the one or more processors, the computer readable program code comprising;

computer readable program code configured to send a request for a web site from a client device to a server;

computer readable program code configured to receive a response to the web site request from the server, wherein the response to the web site request includes at least a portion of a first version of the web site requested and one or more links describing one or more alternate versions of the web site requested, the one or more links comprising conditional data;

computer readable program code configured to determine if the conditional data is met; and

computer readable program code configured to, in response to the conditional data being met, request an alternate version of the web site requested.