Methods, systems and computer program products for policy based network control of characteristics of user sessions
First Claim
1. A method of controlling content provided to a device of a user of a network, the method comprising:
- providing session dependent information associated with the device to a network device having stored policies which are based on the session dependent information; and
wherein the step of automatically modifying content is selected from the group consisting of removing color components of the content, removing graphics information to provide text-only content, prioritizing communications and varying preferences for an application.
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Abstract
Methods, systems and computer program products are provided for controlling a user session in a network by defining rules for controlling user sessions based on characteristics of an operating environment, determining the characteristics of an instance of an operating environment associated with a user session in the network and applying the defined rules to the determined characteristics to control the user session based on the characteristics of the instance of the operating environment. In particular, the type of network connection, the type of device connected to the network, the user identification of the user and/or the identification of an application executed by the user may be determined and the session controlled based on this determination. Preferably, the rules control the content of communications provided during the user session based on the characteristics of the operating environment.
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24 Claims
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1. A method of controlling content provided to a device of a user of a network, the method comprising:
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providing session dependent information associated with the device to a network device having stored policies which are based on the session dependent information; and wherein the step of automatically modifying content is selected from the group consisting of removing color components of the content, removing graphics information to provide text-only content, prioritizing communications and varying preferences for an application. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A system for controlling content provided to a device of a user of a network, comprising:
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means for providing session dependent information associated with the device to a network device having stored policies which are based on the session dependent information; and means for automatically modifying the content provided by the network device to the device based on the policies and the provided session dependent information so as to modify the content provided to the user of the device; and wherein the content modification is selected from the group consisting of removing color components of the content, removing graphics information to provide text-only content, prioritizing communications and varying preferences for an application. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. A computer program product for controlling content provided to a device of a user of a network, comprising:
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a computer readable storage medium having computer readable program code means embodied in said medium, said computer readable program code means comprising; computer readable program code means for providing session dependent information associated with the device to a network device having stored policies which are based on the session dependent information; and computer readable program code means for automatically modifying the content provided by the network device to the device based on the policies and the provided session dependent information so as to modify the content provided to the user of the device; and wherein the content modification is selected from the group consisting of removing color components of the content, removing graphics information to provide text-only content, prioritizing communications and varying preferences for an application. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24)
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