Automatic mobile application redirection
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1. A method for providing automatic application redirection, the method comprising:
- receiving at a server a request for a first content object;
determining via the server whether the request is associated with a mobile device communicating with the server;
in response to the server determining that the request is associated with the mobile device, the server redirecting the request from the mobile device to a second content object wherein the second content object has not been requested via the mobile device;
determining via the server whether a user of the mobile device has accepted redirection to the second content object in place of the requested first content object;
in response to the server determining that the user has accepted redirection to the second object in place of the requested first content object, the server providing the second content object without having received a request for the second content object; and
in response to the server determining that the user has not accepted redirection by the server to the second content object, the server providing the first content object to the mobile device as was requested.
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Abstract
Automatic application redirection may be provided. Upon receiving a request for a first content object, a determination may be made as to whether the request is associated with a mobile device. In response to determining that the request is associated with the mobile device, the request may be redirected to a second content object.
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19 Claims
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1. A method for providing automatic application redirection, the method comprising:
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receiving at a server a request for a first content object; determining via the server whether the request is associated with a mobile device communicating with the server; in response to the server determining that the request is associated with the mobile device, the server redirecting the request from the mobile device to a second content object wherein the second content object has not been requested via the mobile device; determining via the server whether a user of the mobile device has accepted redirection to the second content object in place of the requested first content object; in response to the server determining that the user has accepted redirection to the second object in place of the requested first content object, the server providing the second content object without having received a request for the second content object; and in response to the server determining that the user has not accepted redirection by the server to the second content object, the server providing the first content object to the mobile device as was requested. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. A system for providing automatic application redirection, the system comprising:
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a memory storage; and a processing unit coupled to the memory storage, wherein the processing unit operates to; receive a request at a server for a first content object; determine via the server whether the request comprises at least one mobile characteristic in association with a mobile device communicating with the server; in response to the server determining that the request from the mobile device comprises the at least one mobile characteristic, provide via the server at least one second content object, wherein the at least one second content object shares at least one element with the first content object and wherein the second content object has not been requested via the mobile device; determine via the server whether a user of the mobile device has accepted the second content object in place of the requested first content object; in response to the server determining that the user has accepted the second object in place of the requested first content object, the server providing the second content object to the mobile device without the server having received a request from the mobile device for the second content object; and in response to the server determining that the user has not accepted the second content object, provide via the server the first content object as was requested in association with the mobile device. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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19. A computer-readable device which stores a set of instructions which when executed performs a method for providing automatic application redirection, the method executed by the set of instructions comprising:
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receiving at a server a request for a first content object from a mobile device; determining via the server whether the request from the mobile device comprises at least one mobile characteristic, wherein the at least one mobile characteristic comprises at least one of the following;
a version of an application executing on the mobile device, a hardware identifier associated with the mobile device, a web browser cookie stored on the mobile device, a parameter associated with the request, a configured property associated with the mobile device, and a location path of the first content object; andin response to the server determining that the request from the mobile device comprises the at least one mobile characteristic; redirecting via the server the request from the mobile device to a second content object, wherein the second content object comprises at least one common element with the first content object and wherein the second content object has not been requested via the mobile device, determining via the server whether a user of the mobile device accepted the redirect to the second content object in place of the requested first content object, wherein determining via the server whether the user of the mobile device accepted the redirect to the second content object comprises at least one of the following;
determining via the server whether the user requested the first content object again, receiving via the server a previously configured user preference, and receiving via the server a response to a displayed notification of the redirect to the second content object,in response to the server determining that the user of the mobile device has accepted the second object in place of the requested first content object, providing via the server the second content object; and in response to the server determining that the user of the mobile device did not accept the redirect to the second content object, providing via the server the first content object to the mobile device.
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