System and method for cross-carrier mobile device capability discovery
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1. A method for cross-carrier mobile device capability discovery, comprising:
- receiving an identifier associated with a mobile computing device of a user;
identifying a wireless carrier network associated with the mobile computing device that serves the mobile computing device based on the received identifier;
determining, with a content distribution system, media message protocol capabilities supported by the identified wireless carrier network, wherein each of the media message protocol capabilities of the identified wireless carrier network specifies that the identified wireless carrier network can deliver a message of a media message protocol corresponding to that media message protocol capability to the mobile computing device, each of the media message protocol capabilities offering a different richness of media support, wherein the media message protocol specifies a message format and a delivery mechanism of a message of that media message protocol, and the determining is accomplished by,transmitting a test message via the identified wireless carrier network to the mobile computing device of the user; and
detecting one or more media capabilities supported by the user'"'"'s mobile computing device for delivering content to the user'"'"'s mobile computing device based at least in part on the media message protocol capabilities supported by the identified wireless carrier network and the test message sent to the mobile computing device of the user.
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Abstract
A system and method for cross-carrier mobile device capability discovery. According to an embodiment, a content delivery platform receives an identifier associated with a mobile computing device of a user, identifies a wireless carrier associated with the mobile computing device based on the received identifier, and detects one or more media capabilities supported by the user'"'"'s mobile computing device for delivering content to the user'"'"'s mobile computing device based at least in part on media capabilities supported by the identified carrier.
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18 Claims
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1. A method for cross-carrier mobile device capability discovery, comprising:
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receiving an identifier associated with a mobile computing device of a user; identifying a wireless carrier network associated with the mobile computing device that serves the mobile computing device based on the received identifier; determining, with a content distribution system, media message protocol capabilities supported by the identified wireless carrier network, wherein each of the media message protocol capabilities of the identified wireless carrier network specifies that the identified wireless carrier network can deliver a message of a media message protocol corresponding to that media message protocol capability to the mobile computing device, each of the media message protocol capabilities offering a different richness of media support, wherein the media message protocol specifies a message format and a delivery mechanism of a message of that media message protocol, and the determining is accomplished by, transmitting a test message via the identified wireless carrier network to the mobile computing device of the user; and detecting one or more media capabilities supported by the user'"'"'s mobile computing device for delivering content to the user'"'"'s mobile computing device based at least in part on the media message protocol capabilities supported by the identified wireless carrier network and the test message sent to the mobile computing device of the user. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. A delivery platform server to deliver messages between users, the delivery platform server comprising:
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a processor; a discovery engine to receive an identifier associated with a mobile computing device of a user, the discovery engine to identify a wireless carrier network associated with the mobile computing device that serves the mobile computing device based on the received identifier and to determine media message protocol capabilities supported by the identified wireless carrier, wherein each of the media message protocol capabilities of the identified wireless carrier network specifies that the identified wireless carrier network can deliver a message of a media message protocol corresponding to that media message protocol capability to the mobile computing device, the each of the media message protocol capabilities offering a different richness of media support, the media message protocol specifies a message format and a delivery mechanism of a message of that media message protocol, and the determining is accomplished by, transmitting a test message via the identified wireless carrier network to the mobile computing device of the user; and a stored descriptor identifying one or more media capabilities supported by the user'"'"'s mobile computing, the stored descriptor based at least in part on the media message protocol capabilities supported by the identified wireless carrier network and a the test message sent to the mobile computing device of the user. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17)
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18. A method for cross-carrier mobile device capability discovery, comprising:
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receiving an identifier associated with a mobile computing device of a user; issuing a carrier request to a look-up engine to determine an identity a wireless carrier network associated with the mobile computing device that serves the mobile computing device; receiving a response to the carrier request; identifying the wireless carrier network associated with the mobile computing device that serves the mobile computing device based on the received response to the carrier request; transmitting, with a content distribution system, a test message via the identified wireless carrier network to the mobile computing device of the user, the test message being of a media message protocol that is richer than plain text, wherein the media message protocol specifies a message format and a delivery mechanism of a message of that media message protocol; determining a response to the test message; determining, based on the response to the test message, media message protocol capabilities supported by the identified wireless carrier network, wherein each of the media message protocol capabilities of the identified wireless carrier network specifies that the identified wireless carrier network can deliver a message of a media message protocol corresponding to that media message protocol capability to the mobile computing device and each of the media message protocol capabilities offering a different richness of media support; detecting one or more media capabilities supported by the user'"'"'s mobile computing device for delivering content to the user'"'"'s mobile computing device based at least in part on the media message protocol capabilities supported by the identified wireless carrier network and the test message sent to the mobile computing device of the user.
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