Method and system for intermediating content provider website and mobile device
First Claim
1. A method of facilitating communication between a first content provider website and a mobile device, the method comprising:
- obtaining first information from the content provider website via a first network at a web server, the first information not including any email message, the obtaining including pulling by way of a back end portion of the web server the first information from the content provider website;
processing in at least one of the back end portion and a front end portion of the web server the first information so as to provide processed first information; and
transmitting a notice of new content in the first information from the front end portion of the web server onto a push channel established on either the first network or a second network for receipt by the mobile device,wherein the processed first information represents one or more differences that exist between the first information and earlier information received at the web server from the content provider website.
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Abstract
In one embodiment, a method of facilitating communication between a first content provider website and a mobile device includes obtaining first information from the content provider website via a first network at a web server, the first information not including any email message, where the obtaining includes pulling by way of a back end portion of the web server the first information from the content provider website. The method also includes processing in at least one of the back end portion and a front end portion of the web server the first information so as to provide processed first information, and transmitting a notice of new content in the first information from the front end portion of the web server onto a push channel established on either the first network or a second network for receipt by the mobile device.
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27 Claims
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1. A method of facilitating communication between a first content provider website and a mobile device, the method comprising:
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obtaining first information from the content provider website via a first network at a web server, the first information not including any email message, the obtaining including pulling by way of a back end portion of the web server the first information from the content provider website; processing in at least one of the back end portion and a front end portion of the web server the first information so as to provide processed first information; and transmitting a notice of new content in the first information from the front end portion of the web server onto a push channel established on either the first network or a second network for receipt by the mobile device, wherein the processed first information represents one or more differences that exist between the first information and earlier information received at the web server from the content provider website. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. A method of facilitating communication between a first social networking website and a mobile device, the method comprising:
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obtaining first information at a back end portion of a web server from the social networking website via a first network; processing the first information at the web server so as to provide processed first information, wherein the processing includes filtering at least one portion of the first information based upon at least one importance level satisfied by the at least one portion, and wherein the at least one portion includes at least one of contact information, status information, and news information; and transmitting a notice of new content in the first information from a front end portion of the web server onto a push channel established on either the first network or a second network for receipt by the mobile device, wherein the notice is high priority if the new content to which the notice pertains involves the status information and wherein the notice is low priority if the new content to which the notice pertains involves at least one other type of information. - View Dependent Claims (17)
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18. A method of facilitating communication between a first social networking website and a mobile device by way of a server, the method comprising:
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receiving first data from the mobile device; receiving second data from the mobile device, wherein one of the first and second data is content data and the other of the first and second data includes at least one identifier by which the mobile device can be logged into the first social networking site; and transmitting the at least one identifier onto the first network for receipt by the first social networking site, by which the server is capable of logging onto the first social networking site as a proxy for the mobile device. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20)
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21. A method of facilitating communication between a first social networking website and a mobile device, the method comprising:
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obtaining first information from the social networking website via a first network at a web server; processing the first information at the web server so as to provide processed first information, wherein the processed first information is indicative of a difference between the first information and earlier information previously received from the social networking website, and transmitting a notice from the web server for receipt by the mobile device, wherein when the processing includes determining that a first portion of the first information has a high importance level, then the transmitting of the notice includes substantially immediately providing a high priority notice of the processed first information onto a push channel existing between the web server and the mobile device; and awaiting a download request from the mobile device. - View Dependent Claims (22, 23, 24, 25)
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26. A method of facilitating communication between a mobile device and a plurality of social networking websites including a first social networking site and a second social networking site, the method comprising:
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pulling first information from the first social networking website and second information from the second social networking website onto a web server by way of at least one first network; processing the first and second information at the web server so as to generate processed first and second information, wherein the processing includes filtering at least one portion of the first information based upon at least one importance level satisfied by the at least one portion, and wherein the at least one portion includes at least one of contact information, status information, and news information; and transmitting a notice of the availability of the processed first and second information from the web server for receipt by the mobile device, wherein the processed first and second information is configured so as to allow the mobile device to request the processed first and second information and display both of the processed first information and the processed second information when received in a standardized manner that is at least substantially independent of particular formatting characteristics for the first and second information as provided by the first and second social networking sites. - View Dependent Claims (27)
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