Methods and systems for dynamic and automatic content creation for mobile devices
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1. A method for delivering content to a mobile device, comprising the steps of:
- receiving, by a first server computer, a first request for content from the mobile device;
responsive to the first request for content, sending, by the first server computer, an address to the mobile device of the requested content, the requested content stored in a reference format in a storage device accessible to one or more server computers at the address;
receiving, by a second server computer, a second request for content from the mobile device subsequent to the first request for content, the second request for content received from the mobile device being different from the first request for content received from the mobile device, the second request for content specifying the address of the requested content sent to the mobile device responsive to the first request and a type of the mobile device;
responsive only to the second request, fetching, by the second server computer, the requested content as stored in the reference format from the address of the requested content in the second request;
determining, by the second server computer, one or more environmental characteristics applicable to delivery of the fetched content to the mobile device from the reference format in one or more formats suitable to the mobile device; and
converting, by the second server computer, the fetched content from the reference format to a format suitable to the mobile device based on the one or more environmental characteristics applicable to delivery of the fetched content to the mobile device, anddelivering the converted content to the mobile device.
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Abstract
A computer system and method configured to deliver content to a mobile device includes a first server configured to deliver an address of a content in a reference format responsive to a request for the content from the mobile device and a first proxy server configured to receive, from the mobile device, the address of the content in the reference format and a type of the mobile device. The proxy server is configured to fetch the requested content at the received address, to automatically convert the fetched content from the reference format to a format suitable to the type of mobile device and to deliver the converted content to the mobile device.
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32 Claims
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1. A method for delivering content to a mobile device, comprising the steps of:
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receiving, by a first server computer, a first request for content from the mobile device; responsive to the first request for content, sending, by the first server computer, an address to the mobile device of the requested content, the requested content stored in a reference format in a storage device accessible to one or more server computers at the address; receiving, by a second server computer, a second request for content from the mobile device subsequent to the first request for content, the second request for content received from the mobile device being different from the first request for content received from the mobile device, the second request for content specifying the address of the requested content sent to the mobile device responsive to the first request and a type of the mobile device; responsive only to the second request, fetching, by the second server computer, the requested content as stored in the reference format from the address of the requested content in the second request; determining, by the second server computer, one or more environmental characteristics applicable to delivery of the fetched content to the mobile device from the reference format in one or more formats suitable to the mobile device; and converting, by the second server computer, the fetched content from the reference format to a format suitable to the mobile device based on the one or more environmental characteristics applicable to delivery of the fetched content to the mobile device, and delivering the converted content to the mobile device. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. A computer system configured to deliver content to a mobile device, comprising:
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a first server that includes hardware and that is configured to deliver, responsive to a first request for content from the mobile device, an address of the requested content to the mobile device, the requested content stored in a reference format in a storage device accessible to one or more server computers at the request, and a first proxy server configured to; receive a second request for content from the mobile device, the second request for content received from the mobile device being different from the first request for content received from the mobile device, the second request for content including the address of the requested content send to the mobile device responsive to the first request for content and a type of the mobile device, fetch the requested content as stored in the reference format at the address of the requested content in the second request responsive only to the second request, determine one or more environmental characteristics applicable to deliver of the fetched content to the mobile device from the reference format in one or more formats suitable to the mobile device, convert the fetched content from the reference format to a format suitable to the type of mobile device based on the one or more environmental characteristics applicable to delivery of the fetched content to the mobile device, and deliver the converted content to the mobile device, wherein the first proxy server is further configured to; maintain a configuration table associating the type of mobile device with a set of display characteristics of the mobile device, access the configuration table, and convert the fetched content from the reference format to the format suitable to mobile device using based on the one or more environmental characteristics applicable to delivery of the fetched content to the mobile device and a format specified by the set of display characteristics associated with the type of the mobile device. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32)
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