Multi-modal communication using a session specific proxy server

• US 8,700,770 B2
• Filed: 09/22/2005
• Issued: 04/15/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 12/28/2001
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Google Technology Holdings LLC (Alphabet Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Motorola Mobility LLC (Lenovo Group Ltd.)
• Inventors: Balasuriya, Senaka
• Primary Examiner(s): BURGESS, BARBARA N
• Application Number:
  US11/232,719
• Publication Number:
  US 20060101147A1
• Time in Patent Office: 3,127 Days
• Field of Search: 709/229, 709/230, 709/217, 709/204, 709/203, 709/223, 709/224, 709/225, 709/227, 709/228, 725/110, 370/359
• US Class Current: 709/225
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/957 Browsing optimisation, e.g. caching or content distillation
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/1045 Proxies, e.g. for session initiation protocol [SIP]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/1046 Call controllers; Call servers
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/141 Setup of application sessions admission control or resource allocation in data switching networks H04L47/70

Abstract

A method and apparatus for multi-modal communication includes a controller (236) operably coupled to at least one multi-modal session proxy server (226). On a per multi-modal session basis, the controller (236) provides the multi-modal session proxy server (226) with a multi-modal proxy identifier (138). The multi-modal proxy identifier (138) is then provided to at least one browser with a per session multi-modal proxy evaluator (220) having a browser proxy identifier (140) wherein the browser proxy identifier (140) is evaluated in view of the multi-modal proxy identifier (138). The multi-modal session proxy server (226) then receives an information request (231) from the browser with per session multi-modal proxy evaluator (220) wherein the requested information is fetched from a content server (240). When the requested information is retrieved, a multi-modal synchronization coordinator (122) notifies the other browser with per session multi-modal proxy evaluator (232), via a multi-modal synchronization interface (234).

Claims

1. A method for multi-modal communication comprising:

generating a multi-modal proxy identifier and a multi-modal session identifier by a network element;

providing the multi-modal proxy identifier and the multi-modal session identifier to a first multi-modal browser of a terminal and at least one second multi-modal browser;

sending, by the terminal, an information fetch request for requested information from the first multi-modal browser, the information fetch request having the multi-modal session identifier, to a multi-modal session proxy server identified by the multi-modal proxy identifier;

fetching the requested information from a content server and caching the requested information in the multi-modal proxy server, referencing the requested information by the multi-modal session identifier; and

determining, for a session, a multi-modal session specific proxy server from a plurality of multi-modal session proxy servers and providing the multi-modal proxy identifier of the determined multi-modal session specific proxy server from the plurality of multi-modal session proxy servers to both the first and second multi-modal browsers.

2. The method of claim 1 further comprising:

providing the requested information to the first multi-modal browser;

notifying a multi-modal synchronization coordinator of the successful fetch request; and

notifying the at least one second multi-modal browser of the first multi-modal browser information fetch request.

3. The method of claim 2 further comprising:

sending a second information fetch request from the at least one second multi-modal browser to the multi-modal session proxy identified by the multi-modal proxy identifier, wherein the fetch request has the multi-modal session identifier.

4. The method of claim 3 further comprising:

retrieving the requested information from the multi-modal session proxy server based on the multi-modal session identifier; and

providing the requested information to the at least one second multi-modal browser.

5. The method of claim 1 wherein determining for a session, the multi-modal session specific proxy server, comprises selecting a per-session proxy specific server based on at least either available bandwidth or information transferability with respect to a terminal and a plurality of network elements.