Content management and transformation system for digital content

• US 7,016,963 B1
• Filed: 07/24/2001
• Issued: 03/21/2006
• Est. Priority Date: 06/29/2001
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Intellectual Ventures II LLC (Intellectual Ventures LLC)
• Original Assignee: Glow Designs, LLC
• Inventors: Brewster, Jason A., Melia, P. Michael, Lilly, David J., Judd, David T.
• Primary Examiner(s): Cardone, Jason D
• Application Number:
  US09/912,220
• Time in Patent Office: 1,701 Days
• Field of Search: 709/230, 709/246, 709/228, 709/203, 715/513, 715/523, 715/744, 715/745, 715/864
• US Class Current: 709/228
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/88 Mark-up to mark-up conversion conversion for visualization in web browsing G06F16/9577
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/951 Indexing; Web crawling techniques
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/9577 Optimising the visualization of content, e.g. distillation of HTML documents
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0484 for the control of specific functions or operations, e.g. selecting or manipulating an object, an image or a displayed text element, setting a parameter value or selecting a range
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 40/117 Tagging; Marking up details of markup languages G06F40/143; Designating a block; Setting of attributes style sheets, e.g. eXtensible Stylesheet Language Transformation [XSLT], G06F40/154
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 40/14 Tree-structured documents parsing G06F40/205; validation G06F40/226
• 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: H04L 67/01 Protocols
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/02 based on web technology, e.g. hypertext transfer protocol [HTTP]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/10 in which an application is distributed across nodes in the network software deployment G06F8/60; multiprogramming arrangements G06F9/46
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/34 involving the movement of software or configuration parameters network booting or remote initial program loading [RIPL] G06F9/4416
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/75 Indicating network or usage conditions on the user display

Abstract

A transformation engine that enables content and information to be transformed from one format, a source format, to a format that is compatible with the requesting device, a destination format. Advantageously, various device types can access and share content via a network without concern as to the original format of the content. When a client device provides a request for content, the transformation engine identifies delivery characteristics of the client device, and identifies a source for the requested content. The transformation engine then transforms the source formatted content into a format identified through a best fit analysis of the delivery characteristics of the device.

Claims

1. A system for remotely accessing a server-based application, the system comprising a client and a server communicatively coupled to the client through a network, the client being operative to:

invoke the server-based application by sending an invocation request to the server;

receive an SGML-based application interface;

display the SGML-based application interface;

receive an actuation of an aspect of said SGML-based application interface; and

deliver a command to the server corresponding with said actuation; and

the server being operative to;

receive the invocation request from the client;

extract client-specific information from the client and the invocation request;

prepare and SGML-based application interface based on the client specific information;

transmit the SGML-based application interface to the client; and

receive a command corresponding to an actuation of an aspect of said SGML-based application interface and in response to receiving said command prepare a modified SGML-based application interface and deliver it to the client.

2. A method for allowing various platforms to execute server-based applications through a network, the method comprising the steps of:

receiving an invocation request from a client device, the invocation request identifying the client device and a server-based application;

selecting an application interface particular to the client device;

providing rendering information for the selected application interface to the client device;

invoking the server-based application;

receiving an action request from the client device;

interpreting the action request to identify changes required to the application interface;

providing rendering for the changes to the application to the client device; and

invoking a server-based application command in accordance with the action request.