System and method for pushing personalized content to small footprint devices

• US 6,993,570 B1
• Filed: 06/15/1999
• Issued: 01/31/2006
• Est. Priority Date: 06/15/1999
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Oracle America, Inc. (Oracle Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Sun Microsystems Incorporated (Oracle Corporation)
• Inventors: Irani, Boman
• Primary Examiner(s): DINH, KHANH Q
• Application Number:
  US09/333,383
• Time in Patent Office: 2,422 Days
• Field of Search: 709/203, 709/224, 709/227, 709/230, 709/220, 709/232, 709/201, 709/202, 709/249, 709/218, 705/34, 713/182, 235/375, 370/227, 370/310, 370/277, 455/422, 455/426
• US Class Current: 709/218
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/951 Indexing; Web crawling techniques
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/04 specially adapted for terminals or networks with limited capabilities; specially adapted for terminal portability
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/51 Discovery or management thereof, e.g. service location protocol [SLP] or web services

Abstract

A containment framework sufficiently compact and efficient to run on a wide variety of resource-constrained, small footprint devices, such as personal data assistants (PDAs), smart cellular phones, global positioning system (GPS) receivers, etc. The containment framework may support services which integrate with network-based services to deliver personalized content to small footprint device users.

Claims

1. A method for sending content to a device, the method comprising:

the device connecting to a first network;

the device communicating with a service accessible from the first network to send information to the service accessible from the first network;

the service accessible from the first network storing the information;

the service accessible from the second network communicating with the device to send the content to the device.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

the device displaying the content.

3. The method of claim 2,

wherein the device executes a service for displaying dynamically generated content;

wherein said device displaying the content comprises the service for displaying dynamically generated content displaying the content.

4. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

the device rejecting the content.

5. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

the device filtering the content.

6. The method of claim 1,

wherein the first network is a local area network (LAN);

wherein the service accessible from the first network executes on a computer system in the first network.

7. The method of claim 1,

wherein the second network is a local area network (LAN);

wherein the service accessible from the second network executes on a computer system in the second network.

8. The method of claim 1,

wherein said sending information to the service accessible from the first network comprises sending information regarding a user of the device to the service accessible from the first network;

wherein said service accessible from the second network generating content based on the information comprises the service accessible from the second network generating content based on the information regarding the user of the device.

9. The method of claim 8,

wherein said service accessible from the second network generating content based on the information regarding the user of the device comprises the service accessible from the second network generating personalized advertising content based on the information regarding the user of the device.

10. The method of claim 8,

wherein said sending information regarding a user of the device to the service accessible from the first network comprises sending one or more of:

demographic data regarding the user;

information specifying buying habits of the user;

information specifying web-browsing habits of the user;

information specifying a geographic location of the user.

11. The method of claim 8,

wherein said sending information regarding a user of the device to the service accessible from the first network comprises sending information specifying one or more items the user has purchased;

wherein said service accessible from the second network generating content based on the information comprises the service accessible from the second network generating personalized advertising content based on the one or more items the user has purchased.

12. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

the device communicating with the service accessible from the second network to send information specifying a store in which a user of the device is currently located;

wherein the service accessible from the second network generates the content based on the information and based on the store in which the user is currently located.

13. The method of claim 1,

wherein said service accessible from the second network generating content based on the data comprises the service accessible from the second network generating advertising content based on the data.

14. The method of claim 1,

wherein said device connecting to the first network comprises the device automatically connecting to the first network without a user requesting the device to connect to the first network.

15. The method of claim 1,

wherein the first network is a Jini network.

16. The method of claim 1,

wherein the second network is a Jini network.

17. The method of claim 1,

wherein said device communicating with the service accessible from the first network to send information to the service accessible from the first network comprises a first service executing on the device communicating with the service accessible from the first network to send the information to the service accessible from the first network;

wherein said service accessible from the second network communicating with the device to send the content to the device comprises the service accessible from the second network communicating with a second service executing on the device to send the content to the device.

18. A method for sending content to a device, the method comprising:

the device connecting to a local area network (LAN);

the device communicating with a first service executing on the LAN to send information to the first service;

the first service executing on the LAN storing the information on the LAN;

a second service executing on the LAN retrieving the information stored by the first service;

the second service executing on the LAN generating content based on the information; and

the second service executing on the LAN communicating with the device to send the content to the device.

19. The method of claim 18,

wherein said first service executing on the LAN comprises a first service executing on a computer system in the LAN;

wherein said second service executing on the LAN comprises a second service executing on a computer system in the LAN.

20. The method of claim 18,

wherein said storing the information on the LAN comprises storing the information on a computer system in the LAN.

21. The method of claim 18,

wherein said storing the information on the LAN comprises storing the information on a file system in the LAN.

22. The method of claim 18, further comprising:

the device displaying the content.

23. The method of claim 18, further comprising:

the device rejecting the content.

24. The method of claim 18, further comprising:

the device filtering the content.

25. The method of claim 18,

wherein said sending information to the first service comprises sending information regarding a user of the device to the first service;

wherein said second service generating content based on the information comprises the second service generating personalized advertising content based on the information regarding the user of the device.

26. A method for sending content to a device, the method comprising:

the device connecting to a local area network (LAN);

the device communicating with a first service executing on the LAN to send information to the first service;

the first service executing on the LAN storing the information received from the device;

the first service executing on the LAN generating content based on the information; and

the first service executing on the LAN communicating with the device to send the content to the device.

27. The method of claim 26,

wherein said first service executing on the LAN comprises a first service executing on a computer system in the LAN.

28. The method of claim 26,

wherein said first service executing on the LAN generating content based on the information comprises the first service executing on the LAN retrieving the stored information at a later time and generating the content based on the information.

29. The method of claim 26, further comprising:

the device displaying the content.

30. The method of claim 26, further comprising:

the device rejecting the content.

31. The method of claim 26, further comprising:

the device filtering the content.

32. The method of claim 26,

wherein said sending information to the first service comprises sending information regarding a user of the device to the first service;

wherein said first service generating content based on the information comprises the first service generating personalized advertising content based on the information regarding the user of the device.

33. A system comprising:

a device;

a first network, wherein the first network includes a first service operable to communicate with the device; and

a second network, wherein the second network includes a second service operable to communicate with the device;

wherein the device is operable to connect to the first network to send information to the first service;

wherein the first service is operable to store the information;

wherein the device is operable to connect to the second network;

wherein the second service is operable to retrieve the information stored by the first service and generate content based on the information;

wherein the second service is operable to send the content to the device; and

wherein the device is operable to display the content.

34. A system comprising:

a device; and

a local area network (LAN), wherein the LAN includes a first service operable to communicate with the device and a second service operable to communicate with the device;

wherein the device is operable to connect to the LAN to send information to the first service;

wherein the first service is operable to store the information on the LAN;

wherein the second service is operable to retrieve the information stored by the first service and generate content based on the information;

wherein the second service is operable to send the content to the device; and

wherein the device is operable to display the content.