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System for dynamic determination of client communications capabilities

  • US 6,311,215 B1
  • Filed: 12/31/1997
  • Issued: 10/30/2001
  • Est. Priority Date: 03/25/1997
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A method for determining whether a client device that issued a request for a data object is pre-configured to communicate a user preference for transcoding the requested data object prior to returning it to the client device, said method comprising:

  • receiving a request for a data object from the client device; and

    parsing the request to selectively classify the client device as an enhanced client device if the request conforms with an enhanced communications protocol, an enhanced client device being a client device that is preconfigured to communicate user preference information affecting a manner in which the requested data object is to be transcoded prior to returning the data object to the client device.

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