PERSISTING USER PREFERENCES IN AN INTERMEDIATE NETWORK DEVICE
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1. An apparatus comprising:
- a network device to transparently intercept HTTP transmissions between a user device and a web server, wherein the network device is configured to;
store user preference information at the network device, wherein the user preference information corresponds to preferences of a user of the user device;
retrieve content from a web service in response to a request from the user device;
modify the content from the web service according to the user preference information; and
sending the modified content to the user device.
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Abstract
A network device transparently intercepts HTTP transmissions between a user device and a web server. The network device stores user preference information, which allows the intermediate network device to apply the user preference information to retrieved content that is directed to the user'"'"'s mobile device.
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1. An apparatus comprising:
a network device to transparently intercept HTTP transmissions between a user device and a web server, wherein the network device is configured to; store user preference information at the network device, wherein the user preference information corresponds to preferences of a user of the user device; retrieve content from a web service in response to a request from the user device; modify the content from the web service according to the user preference information; and sending the modified content to the user device. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A computer program product comprising:
a computer readable storage device to store instructions which, when executed by a processor of a computer device, configure the processor to perform operations for implementing user preferences, corresponding to a user device, at a network device which serves content from a web service to the user device, wherein the operations comprise; storing user preference information at the network device; retrieving the content from the web service in response to a request from the user device; modifying the content from the web service according to the user preference information; and sending the modified content to the user device. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. A method of transparently intercepting HTTP transmissions between a user device and a web service, the method comprising:
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receiving a request at a network device from the user device to access content from the web service, wherein the network device is configured to serve the content from the web service to the user device during a network session of the user device; retrieving the content from the web service in response to the request from the user device; reviewing the content from the web service according to user preference information stored at the network device as session data for the network session of the user device; and sending the content to the user device. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20)
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