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Method and system for providing complete internet anywhere with full server assisted processing

  • US 9,106,437 B2
  • Filed: 12/30/2009
  • Issued: 08/11/2015
  • Est. Priority Date: 11/17/2009
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method for communication, the method comprising:

  • performing by one or more processors, one or more circuits, or a combination thereof in a set-top-box (STB) communicatively coupled to a plurality of servers;

    receiving a web page request via a web browser running on said STB;

    in response to said received web page request, identifying a server from said plurality of servers to which to send a web page processing assistance request, the identification based on a capability and a latency of said server relative to others of said plurality of servers to process a web page for rendering by said STB, said web page processing assistance request for requesting one of said plurality of servers to retrieve and process each portion of said web page, said web page indicated for rendering by said STB in said web page request and comprising a first portion of a first content type in a first content format unsupported by the STB;

    sending said web page processing assistance request to said identified server; and

    receiving processed information resources or contents associated with each portion of said web page from said identified server, said processed information resources or contents comprising the first portion with the first content type processed into a second content format supported by the STB.

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