Dynamic content configuration for microbrowsers by state, resource allocation and user preferences

• US 8,103,552 B2
• Filed: 01/09/2009
• Issued: 01/24/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 08/31/2001
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: AirBNB Incorporated
• Original Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Inventors: Janakiraman, Janani, Dutta, Rabindranath
• Primary Examiner(s): Garg, Yogesh C
• Application Number:
  US12/351,175
• Publication Number:
  US 20090119178A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,110 Days
• Field of Search: 705/26, 705/26.1, 705/1, 705/500, 705/14.4, 709/227
• US Class Current: 705/26.1
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/02 Marketing; Price estimation or determination; Fundraising
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0239 Online discounts or incentives
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0241 Advertisements
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0256 User search
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0264 based upon schedule
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0269 based on user profile or attribute
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0273 Determination of fees for advertising
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0277 Online advertisement
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0283 Price estimation or determination
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0601 Electronic shopping [e-shopping]
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0641 Shopping interfaces
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 99/00 Subject matter not provided for in other groups of this subclass

Abstract

A microbrowser allows a user to configure types of objects to be blocked from download by providing a web page content web server with a set of non-advertisement web objects for a web page, the web page containing at least one inclusion method to one or more advertisement objects stored on an advertisement server separate from the non-advertisement web objects; receiving by the web server a battery condition and a nape request for the web page from a networked client device; and responsive to the battery condition being low, transmitting the non-advertisement web objects from the web page content web server to the networked client device, thereby avoiding incremental battery energy consumption of the networked client device to process, execute and display the advertisement web objects by restricting download of the advertisement web objects from the advertisement server to the networked client device.

Claims

1. A computer program product for dynamic content configuration for microbrowsers by state, resource allocation and user preferences, the computer program product comprising:

a tangible, computer memory device suitable for storing executable program code; and

first executable computer instructions for providing a web page content web server with a set of non-advertisement web objects for a web page, the web page containing at least one inclusion method to one or more advertisement objects stored on an advertisement server separate from the non-advertisement web objects;

second executable computer instructions for receiving by the web server a battery condition and a page request for the web page from a networked client device; and

third executable computer instructions for, responsive to the battery condition being low, transmitting the non-advertisement web objects from the web page content web server to the networked client device, and for avoiding incremental battery energy consumption of the networked client device to process, execute and display the advertisement web objects by restricting download of the advertisement web objects from the advertisement server to the networked client device,

wherein the first, second and third computer instructions are stored by the tangible, computer readable memory device, and wherein when the first, second, and third instructions are executed by a processor, the processor performs the steps of providing, receiving, transmitting, and avoiding.

2. The computer program product as set forth in claim 1 wherein the third computer instructions for restricting download comprises computer instructions for restricting downloading of animated graphical web objects.

3. The computer program product as set forth in claim 1 wherein the third computer instructions for restricting download comprises computer instructions for restricting downloading of video segment web objects.

4. The computer program product as set forth in claim 1 wherein the third computer instructions for restricting download comprises computer instructions for restricting downloading of audio web objects.

5. The computer program product as set forth in claim 1 wherein the third computer instructions for restricting download comprises computer instructions for restricting downloading of multicolor web objects.

6. A dynamic serving governor system comprising:

a hardware means for performing a logical process as a web page content web server;

a web page portion of the hardware means having a set of non-advertisement web objects for a web page, the web page containing at least one inclusion method to one or more advertisement objects stored on an advertisement server separate from the non-advertisement web objects;

a receiver portion of the hardware means configured to receive a battery condition and a page request for the web page from a networked client device; and

a transmitter portion of the hardware means configured to, responsive to the battery condition being low, transmit the non-advertisement web objects from the web page content web server to the networked client device, and configured to avoid incremental battery energy consumption of the networked client device to process, execute or display the advertisement web objects by restricting download of the advertisement web objects from the advertisement server to the networked client device.

7. The system as set forth in claim 6 wherein the transmitter portion is configured to restrict download of animated graphical web objects.

8. The system as set forth in claim 6 wherein the transmitter portion is configured to restrict download of video segment web objects.

9. The system as set forth in claim 6 wherein the transmitter portion is configured to restrict download of audio web objects.

10. The system as set forth in claim 6 wherein the transmitter portion is configured to restrict download of multicolor web objects.