Providing mobile versions of web resources

• US 9,654,596 B2
• Filed: 04/14/2011
• Issued: 05/16/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 04/14/2010
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Deviceatlas Limited
• Original Assignee: Afilias Technologies Ltd.
• Inventors: Cetraro, Francesco, Cremin, Ronan, Harvin, Trey, Spiers, Huw
• Primary Examiner(s): Baturay, Alicia
• Assistant Examiner(s): MANIWANG, JOSEPH R
• Application Number:
  US13/640,882
• Publication Number:
  US 20140304370A1
• Time in Patent Office: 2,224 Days
• Field of Search: 709203, 709246
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/957 Browsing optimisation, e.g. caching or content distillation
• 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 67/60 Scheduling or organising the servicing of application requests, e.g. requests for application data transmissions using the analysis and optimisation of the required network resources admission control or resource allocation H04L47/70

Abstract

A transcoding system (1) comprises a mobile communication device (2) that retrieves a web resource using a mobile communication network (3) and the internet (4) via a transcoder (5). The web resource may comprise a web page specifically encoded for the mobile communication device (2). To locate the web page, the mobile communication device (2) sends a request comprising an internet domain name having a top level domain and one or more other elements. The transcoder (5) generates further internet domain names that share the one or more further elements. The transcoder (5) then determines which of the web resources identified by the one or more further internet domain names is most appropriate for the mobile communication device (2) and provides this web resource to the mobile communication device (2).

Claims

1. A method of providing a mobile specific web resource to a mobile communication device, the method comprising

receiving a request from a mobile communication device, the request including a first internet domain name comprising a top level domain and one or more further elements;

generating further internet domain names each including at least one of the one or more further elements;

retrieving web resources identified by the further internet domain names;

analysing the retrieved web resources;

selecting one of the web resources based on the analysis; and

delivering the selected web resource to the mobile communication device as the mobile specific web resource.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the further internet domain names additionally include elements including at least one of:

“

m”

, “

mobile” and

“

mob”

.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein analysing the web resources comprises comparing the web resources.

4. The method of claim 2, comprising transcoding the selected web resource before delivering it to the mobile communication device.

5. The method of claim 2, wherein the first internet domain name and the one or more further internet domain names have different top level domains but the same main distinctive label.

6. The method of claim 2, further comprising the step of mapping the first internet domain name to an address of the selected web resource.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein analysing the web resources comprises comparing the web resources.

8. The method of claim 7, comprising transcoding the selected web resource before delivering it to the mobile communication device.

9. The method of claim 7, wherein the first internet domain name and the one or more further internet domain names have different top level domains but the same main distinctive label.

10. The method of claim 1, comprising transcoding the selected web resource before delivering it to the mobile communication device.

11. The method of claim 10, further comprising the step of storing the transcoded web resource.

12. The method of claim 11, wherein the transcoded web resource is stored for a pre-determined period of time. selected web resource before delivering it to the mobile communication device.

13. The method of claim 10, wherein the first internet domain name and the one or more further internet domain names have different top level domains but the same main distinctive label.

14. The method of claim 1, wherein the first internet domain name and the one or more further internet domain names have different top level domains but the same main distinctive label.

15. The method of claim 1, further comprising the step of mapping the first internet domain name to an address of the selected web resource.

16. A method of providing a mobile specific web resource to mobile communication devices, the method comprising:

receiving a request from a first mobile communication device, the request including a first internet domain name comprising a top level domain and one or more further elements;

generating further internet domain names each including at least one of the one or more further elements;

retrieving web resources identified by the further internet domain names;

analysing the retrieved web resources;

selecting one of the web resources based on the analysis;

delivering the selected web resource to the first mobile communication device as the mobile specific web resource;

storing a mapping of the first internet domain name to the further internet domain name identifying the selected web resource;

receiving a subsequent request from a further mobile communication device, the request including the first internet domain name;

using the stored mapping to map the first internet domain name to the further internet domain name identifying the selected web resource;

retrieving the web resource identified by the further internet domain name identifying the selected web resource; and

delivering the selected web resource to the further mobile communication device as the mobile specific web resource.