Web content customization via adaptation web services

• US 9,467,524 B2
• Filed: 12/20/2013
• Issued: 10/11/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 04/17/2002
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I LP (AT&T, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I LP (AT&T, Inc.)
• Inventors: Suryanarayana, Lalitha, Gorti, Sreenivasa Rao
• Primary Examiner(s): Suryawanshi, Suresh
• Application Number:
  US14/136,603
• Publication Number:
  US 20140108517A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,026 Days
• Field of Search: 713/100
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/9577 Optimising the visualization of content, e.g. distillation of HTML documents
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/02 based on web technology, e.g. hypertext transfer protocol [HTTP]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/04 specially adapted for terminals or networks with limited capabilities; specially adapted for terminal portability
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/303 Terminal profiles
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/565 Conversion or adaptation of application format or content adding application control or application functional data H04L67/561
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 69/329 in the application layer [OSI layer 7]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 9/40 Network security protocols

Abstract

Web content customization via adaptation web services is disclosed. An example method for providing customized web content comprises accessing a request for web content residing on a web server, the request originating from a client device and the request including an indication of a characteristic of the client device, and transmitting to the client device the modified web content based on a customization requirement associated with the characteristic of the client device, the modified version of the web content obtained by requesting a second server to transform the web content into the modified web content.

Claims

1. A method comprising:

accessing, by executing an instruction with a processor of a first web server, a first request for web content, the web content residing on the first web server, the first request originating from a client device, the first request including delivery context information, the delivery context information including a size of a display of the client device;

generating, by executing an instruction with the processor of the first web server, a second request to transform the web content into modified web content based on a customization requirement associated with the delivery context information;

obtaining, by executing an instruction with the processor of the first web server, the modified web content from a second server in response to the first web server transmitting the second request to the second server; and

transmitting the modified web content, from the first web server to the client device.

2. The method of claim 1, further including sending the second request to the second server, the second server being separate from the first web server.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the transmitting of the second request to the second server includes sending a universal resource locator of the web content to the second server.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the modified web content includes cached modified web content.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the client device includes a cellular telephone.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the customization requirement provides information on how to customize the web content for the client device, and the accessing of the first request includes receiving the first request via a wireless link.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein the transmitting of the second request to the second server is to invoke a web service implemented by the second server.

8. A first web server comprising:

a processor; and

memory including machine readable instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to perform operations including;

accessing a first request for web content, the web content residing on the first web server, the first request originating from a client device, the first request including delivery context information, the delivery context information including a size of a display of the client device;

generating a second request to transform the web content into modified web content based on a customization requirement associated with the delivery context information;

receiving the modified web content from a second server in response to transmitting the second request to the second server, the second server being separate from the first web server; and

transmitting the modified web content to the client device.

9. The first web server of claim 8, wherein the operations further include sending the second request to the second server.

10. The first web server of claim 8, wherein the transmitting of the second request to the second server includes sending a universal resource locator of the web content to the second server.

11. The first web server of claim 8, wherein the transmitting of the second request to the second server is to invoke a service to transform the web content residing on the second server.

12. The first web server of claim 8, wherein the client device includes a cellular telephone.

13. The first web server of claim 8, wherein the customization requirement provides information on how to customize the web content for the client device, and further including receiving the first request via a wireless link.

14. The first web server of claim 8, wherein the modified web content includes cached modified web content.

15. A tangible computer readable storage device including instructions which, when executed, cause a first web server to perform operations comprising:

accessing a first request for web content, the web content residing on the first web server, the first request originating from a client device, the first request including delivery context information, the delivery context information including a size of a display of the client device;

generating a second request to transform the web content into modified web content based on a customization requirement associated with the delivery context information;

accessing the modified web content received from a second server in response to transmitting the second request to the second server; and

transmitting the modified web content to the client device.

16. The tangible computer readable storage device of claim 15, wherein the operations further include sending the second request to the second server, the second server being separate from the first web server.

17. The tangible computer readable storage device of claim 15, wherein the transmitting of the second request to the second server includes sending a universal resource locator of the web content to the second server.

18. The tangible computer readable storage device of claim 15, wherein the modified web content includes cached modified web content.

19. The tangible computer readable storage device of claim 15, wherein the customization requirement provides information on how to customize the web content for the client device, and the first request is received via a wireless link.

20. The tangible computer readable storage device of claim 15, wherein the client device includes a cellular telephone.