Communication method and system for providing content to a communication device according to a user preference

• US 8,615,596 B1
• Filed: 01/14/2009
• Issued: 12/24/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 01/14/2009
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: T-Mobile Innovations LLC (Deutsche Telekom AG)
• Original Assignee: Sprint Communications Company LP (Deutsche Telekom AG)
• Inventors: Upadhyay, Piyush, Subramanyan, Badri Prasad, Davis, John W., Abidogun, Ayodeji, Bertz, Lyle T.
• Primary Examiner(s): Winder, Patrice
• Assistant Examiner(s): Hagos, Eyob
• Application Number:
  US12/353,421
• Time in Patent Office: 1,805 Days
• Field of Search: 709/217, 709/230, 709/246, 348/468, 455/414.4
• US Class Current: 709/230
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/00 Information retrieval; Database structures therefor; File system structures therefor
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/9535 Search customisation based on user profiles and personalisation
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4722 for requesting additional data associated with the content

Abstract

A method of operating a communication system to provide content to a communication device operated by a user is described herein. The method comprises setting in the communication device a content preference, wherein the content preference is set by the user, sending the content preference from the communication device to the communication system, receiving in the communication system a content request from the communication device, receiving in the communication system the content in a first format from a content provider, modifying in the communication system the content from the first format to a second format, wherein the second format is based on the content preference set by the user, and transmitting from the communication system the content in the second format to the communication device.

Claims

1. A method of providing content to a mobile communication device operated by a user, the method comprising:

setting within the mobile communication device a closed caption preference for video content, wherein the closed caption preference is set by the user;

sending the closed caption preference from the mobile communication device for delivery to a communication system in an exchange of session setup messages;

receiving in the communication system the closed caption preference in the exchange of session setup messages wirelessly transmitted from the mobile communication device;

receiving in the communication system the content in a first format from a content provider;

modifying in the communication system the content from the first format to a second format, wherein the second format comprises closed captions for video data of the content generated by the communication system based on the closed caption preference set by the user; and

transmitting from the communication system the content in the second format for delivery to the mobile communication device.

2. The method of claim 1 wherein the session setup messages comprise real time streaming protocol (RTSP) messages.

3. The method of claim 2 wherein the exchange of session setup messages comprises the mobile communication device transmitting an RTSP DESCRIBE message followed by the mobile communication device transmitting the closed caption preference in an RTSP SETUP message.

4. The method of claim 1 further comprising, prior to sending the closed caption preference from the mobile communication device for delivery to the communication system, transmitting from the communication system the content in the first format for delivery to the mobile communication device, wherein the first format comprises the video data without the closed captions for the video data.

5. The method of claim 1 wherein the video data of the content comprises video associated with a web page.

6. The method of claim 1 wherein the video data of the content comprises video associated with a video application of the mobile communication device.

7. The method of claim 6 wherein the video application of the mobile communication device comprises a television application.

8. The method of claim 1 wherein the communication system comprises a proxy.

9. The method of claim 1 wherein transmitting from the communication system the content in the second format for delivery to the mobile communication device comprises streaming the video data of the content with the closed captions using a Real Time Streaming Protocol (RTSP).

10. A communication system to provide content to a mobile communication device operated by a user, the communication system comprising:

an interface configured to receive a closed caption preference for video content transmitted from the mobile communication device in an exchange of session setup messages, wherein the closed caption preference for video content is set by the user within the mobile communication device, and receive the content in a first format from a content provider; and

a processor configured to modify the content from the first format to a second format, wherein the second format comprises closed captions for video data of the content generated by the processor based on the closed caption preference set by the user;

wherein the interface is further configured to transmit the content in the second format for delivery to the mobile communication device.

11. The communication system of claim 10 wherein the session setup messages comprise real time streaming protocol (RTSP) messages.

12. The communication system of claim 11 wherein the the exchange of session setup messages comprises the mobile communication device transmitting an RTSP DESCRIBE message followed by the mobile communication device transmitting the closed caption preference in an RTSP SETUP message.

13. The communication system of claim 10 further comprising, before the interface receives the closed caption preference for video content transmitted from the mobile communication device, the interface configured to transmit the content in the first format for delivery to the mobile communication device, wherein the first format comprises the video data without the closed captions for the video data.

14. The communication system of claim 10 wherein the video data of the content comprises video associated with a web page.

15. The communication system of claim 10 wherein the video data of the content comprises video associated with a video application of the mobile communication device.

16. The communication system of claim 15 wherein the video application of the mobile communication device comprises a television application.

17. The communication system of claim 10 wherein the communication system comprises a proxy.

18. The communication system of claim 10 wherein using a Real Time Streaming Protocol (RTSP).

19. A non-transitory computer-readable medium having instructions stored thereon for operating a communication system to provide content to a mobile communication device operated by a user, wherein the instructions, when executed by the communication system, direct the communication system to:

receive a closed caption preference for video content transmitted from the mobile communication device in an exchange of session setup messages, wherein the closed caption preference for video content is set by the user within the mobile communication device, receive a content request wirelessly transmitted from the mobile communication device, receive the content in a first format from a content provider, modify the content from the first format to a second format, wherein the second format comprises closed captions for video data of the content generated by the communication system based on the closed caption preference set by the user, and transmit the content in the second format for delivery to the mobile communication device.