Method and system for preparing and adapting text, images and video for delivery over a network

• US 20040117735A1
• Filed: 07/15/2003
• Published: 06/17/2004
• Est. Priority Date: 07/15/2002
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Device Independent Software Incorporated
• Original Assignee: Device Independent Software Incorporated
• Inventors: Breen, Elnar
• Application Number:
  US10/618,583
• Publication Number:
  US 20040117735A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 715/517
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/9577 Optimising the visualization of content, e.g. distillation of HTML documents

Abstract

A method and an apparatus for adapting one or more web pages having text, images and/or video content to the characteristics and within the capabilities of the presentation context, delivery context and the content itself. Using a graphical user interface, a graphical designer is able to prepare an image or video by creating metadata profiles describing the characteristics and limitations for the images or video.

Claims

1. An adaptation apparatus for preparing and adapting data for delivery over a network, the adaptation apparatus is configured for performing the following steps:

receiving a request for a presentation page;

retrieving media content, presentation context, and detected delivery context, with the media content further comprising a metadata profile, the presentation context further comprising at least a metadata profile and the detected delivery context further comprising a metadata profile

comparing the metadata profile and determining result parameters; and

sending the presentation page based on the result parameters.

2. The adaptation apparatus of claim 1 wherein the media content further comprises an image.

3. The adaptation apparatus of claim 2 wherein the presentation context further comprises a style sheet.

4. The adaptation apparatus of claim 3 wherein the metadata profile for the media content comprises at least one maximum image area and at least one maximum crop area.

5. The adaptation apparatus of claim 3 wherein the metadata profile for the media content comprises at least one image border, at least one maximum image area, at least one optimum cropping area and at least one maximum crop area.

6. The adaptation apparatus of claim 5 wherein the metadata profile for the media content further comprises one or more priority values for the at least one image border, for the at least one maximum image area, for the at least one optimum cropping area, and for the at least one maximum crop area.

7. The adaptation apparatus of claim 3 wherein the metadata profile for the detected delivery context further comprises at least one of user parameters, device parameters, and network parameters.

8. The adaptation apparatus of claim 3 wherein the metadata profile for the media content further comprises a minimum detail level.