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System and method for delivering a device-independent web page

  • US 8,176,416 B1
  • Filed: 03/17/2006
  • Issued: 05/08/2012
  • Est. Priority Date: 03/17/2006
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method for presenting a document generated in a markup language to a plurality of device types, comprising:

  • providing a plurality of style sheets for formatting the document for a requesting device, with each style sheet accommodating a display environment;

    receiving a request for the document from a browser of the requesting device;

    sending the markup language source code for the requested document to the requesting device wherein the markup language source code includes a first link element that is used to access the style sheet for a high resolution browser, followed by a style element to reference an intermediary style sheet, wherein the intermediary style sheet includes a reference to a style sheet for a small screen browser and prevents a high resolution browser from accessing the small screen style sheet, and a second link element that is used to access the style sheet for the small screen browser;

    receiving a request for a specific style sheet from the requesting device wherein the specific style sheet includes a plurality of document presentation attributes to format the document for the display environment; and

    delivering the specific style sheet requested to the requesting device for rendering the document on a display screen of the requesting device.

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