Method and apparatus for tailoring electronic content retrieval according to wireless communication device capabilities

• US 9,060,260 B2
• Filed: 10/25/2005
• Issued: 06/16/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 10/25/2005
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Sony Corporation (Sony Group Corp.)
• Original Assignee: Sony Corporation (Sony Group Corp.), Sony Mobile Communications AB (Sony Group Corp.)
• Inventors: Dunko, Gregory A
• Primary Examiner(s): SHEDRICK, CHARLES TERRELL
• Application Number:
  US11/258,472
• Publication Number:
  US 20070207794A1
• Time in Patent Office: 3,521 Days
• Field of Search: 455/419
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 48/18 Selecting a network or a communication service
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 48/20 Selecting an access point
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 8/22 Processing or transfer of terminal data, e.g. status or physical capabilities

Abstract

A wireless communication device, such as a cellular handset, is configured to tailor its retrieval of electronic content, such as through a web feed, according to one or more capability parameters of the device. In one embodiment, a wireless communication device is configured, such as by including appropriate computer program instructions, to tailor its retrieval of electronic content based on maintaining device capability information in the wireless communication device, and filtering one or more electronic feeds received by the wireless communication device to identify electronic content having content characteristics commensurate with the device capability information.

Claims

1. A method of tailoring electronic content retrieval by a wireless communication device comprising:

updating dynamic device capability information in the wireless communication device as a function of at least one of a changing location of the wireless communication device, a changing operating mode for the wireless communication device, and a changing user interface capability available to the wireless communication device;

filtering one or more electronic feeds received by the wireless communication device by receiving content information at the wireless communication device from or for the one or more electronic feeds, the content information identifying available electronic content and corresponding characteristics, and evaluating the content characteristics at the wireless communication device with respect to the dynamic device capability information to identify electronic content at the wireless communication device having content characteristics commensurate with the dynamic device capability information; and

selectively retrieving the electronic content that has been identified as having content characteristics commensurate with the dynamic device capability information from the electronic feeds to which the device is actively subscribed.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein updating the dynamic device capability information comprises updating the dynamic device capability information as a function of changing connection data rates available to the wireless communication device.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein updating the dynamic device capability information comprises updating the dynamic device capability information as a function of changing radio access network types available to the wireless communication device.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein updating the dynamic device capability information comprises updating the dynamic device capability information as a function of changing memory capacity available to the wireless communication device.

5. The method of claim 1, further comprising maintaining static device capability information in a memory of the wireless communication device bearing on at least one of device display characteristics, device user interface characteristics, device audio characteristics, device memory characteristics, content type compatibility characteristics, and device processor characteristics.

6. The method of claim 5, wherein updating the dynamic device capability information additionally comprises updating the dynamic device capability information as a function of at least one of changing connection data rates available to the wireless communication device, changing radio access network types available to the wireless communication device, and changing memory capacity available to the wireless communication device.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein evaluating the content characteristics at the wireless communication device with respect to the dynamic device capability information comprises at least one of identifying electronic content at the wireless communication device having file sizes commensurate with connection data rates available to the wireless communication device, identifying electronic content at the wireless communication device having file sizes commensurate with storage capacities of the wireless communication device, and identifying electronic content at the wireless communication device having content encoding or file types compatible with the wireless communication device.

8. The method of claim 1, further comprising selectively retrieving the identified electronic content at the wireless communication device for processing by the wireless communication device.

9. The method of claim 8, wherein selectively retrieving the identified content at the wireless communication device comprises automatically retrieving identified electronic content associated with any electronic feeds to which the wireless communication device has an active subscription.

10. The method of claim 8, wherein selectively retrieving the identified electronic content at the wireless communication device for processing by the wireless communication device comprises retrieving identified electronic content responsive to user input indicating that such retrieval is desired.

11. A wireless communication device comprising one or more processing circuits configured to:

update dynamic device capability information as a function of at least one of a changing location of the wireless communication device, a changing operating mode for the wireless communication device, and a changing user interface capability available to the wireless communication device;

filter one or more electronic feeds received by the wireless communication device by receiving content information from or for the one or more electronic feeds, the content information identifying available electronic content and corresponding characteristics, and evaluating the content characteristics with respect to the dynamic device capability information to identify electronic content having content characteristics commensurate with the dynamic device capability information; and

selectively retrieve the electronic content that has been identified as having content characteristics commensurate with the dynamic device capability information from the electronic feeds to which the device is actively subscribed.

12. The wireless communication device of claim 11, wherein the one or more processing circuits are configured to update the dynamic device capability information with information corresponding to changing connection data rates available to the wireless communication device.

13. The wireless communication device of claim 11, wherein the one or more processing circuits are configured to update the dynamic device capability information with information corresponding to changing radio access network types available to the wireless communication device.

14. The wireless communication device of claim 11, wherein the one or more processing circuits are configured to update the dynamic device capability information with information corresponding to changing memory capacity available to the wireless communication device.

15. The wireless communication device of claim 11, wherein the one or more processing circuits are configured to maintain static device capability information in a memory of the wireless communication device bearing on at least one of device display characteristics, device user interface characteristics, device audio characteristics, device memory characteristics, content type compatibility characteristics, and device processor characteristics.

16. The wireless communication device of claim 15, wherein the one or more processing circuits are configured to update the dynamic device capability information as a function of at least one of changing connection data rates available to the wireless communication device, changing radio access network types available to the wireless communication device, and changing memory capacity available to the wireless communication device.

17. The wireless communication device of claim 11, wherein evaluating the content characteristics with respect to the dynamic device capability information comprises at least one of identifying electronic content having file sizes commensurate with connection data rates available to the wireless communication device, identifying electronic content having file sizes commensurate with storage capacities of the wireless communication device, and identifying electronic content having content encoding or file types compatible with the wireless communication device.

18. The wireless communication device of claim 11, further comprising selectively retrieving the identified electronic content for processing by the wireless communication device.

19. The wireless communication device of claim 18, wherein selectively retrieving the identified content comprises automatically retrieving identified electronic content associated with any electronic feeds to which the wireless communication device has an active subscription.

20. The wireless communication device of claim 18, wherein selectively retrieving the identified electronic content for processing by the wireless communication device comprises retrieving identified electronic content responsive to user input indicating that such retrieval is desired.

21. In a wireless communication device, a computer readable medium storing a computer program configured to tailor electronic content retrieval by a wireless communication device, said computer program comprising program instructions that, when executed by the wireless communication device, configures the wireless communication device to:

update dynamic device capability information in the wireless communication device as a function of at least one of a changing location of the wireless communication device, a changing operating mode for the wireless communication device, and a changing user interface capability available to the wireless communication device;

filter one or more electronic feeds received by the wireless communication device by receiving content information from or for the one or more electronic feeds, the content information identifying available electronic content and corresponding characteristics, and evaluating the content characteristics with respect to the dynamic device capability information to identify electronic content having content characteristics commensurate with the dynamic device capability information; and

selectively retrieve the electronic content that has been identified as having content characteristics commensurate with the dynamic device capability information from the electronic feeds to which the device is actively subscribed.

22. The computer readable medium of claim 21, wherein the computer program comprises an electronic content retrieval program that, when executed by the wireless communication device, configures the wireless communication device to retrieve electronic content and to provide corresponding output information to a user of the wireless communication device via a user interface of the wireless communication device.