System and method for delivering web content to a mobile network

• US 20080133647A1
• Filed: 11/19/2007
• Published: 06/05/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 11/17/2006
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Globaltel Media Inc.
• Original Assignee: Globaltel Media Inc.
• Inventors: Hamzeh, Mehrak
• Application Number:
  US11/986,320
• Publication Number:
  US 20080133647A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 709/202
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/95 Retrieval from the web
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 12/1859 adapted to provide push services, e.g. data channels
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 12/189 in combination with wireless systems selective distribution or broadcast in wireless communication networks H04W4/06
• 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 67/06 specially adapted for file transfer, e.g. file transfer protocol [FTP]

Abstract

Systems and methods for the distribution and delivery of digital web content using a wireless network. The systems and methods can include relationships with web content aggregators to ensure the successful delivery of content to wireless carriers worldwide. In one aspect, mobile media applications are presented by which content producers and owners distribute digital media and information directly to cell phones from websites, creating a new source of revenue for content producers and reallocates carrier revenue to the content owners. The end users of this digital media become part of a mobile community and receive valuable information and services over their cell phones.

Claims

1. A method comprising:

sending selected web content via a wireless network to one or more designated mobile devices in response to a user input, via a client computer, to a webpage that contains the selected content and that has been downloaded to the client computer from a server system.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising providing, on the webpage, a content wrapper window in which a user can designate the one or more designated mobile devices.

3. The method of claim 2, further comprising wrapping the selected web content in content wrapper code to extract information about the selected web content for sending the selected web content.

4. The method of claim 1, further comprising downloading the webpage from the server system to the client computer.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the selected web content includes text that has been entered into the website by a user via the user input.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the selected web content includes images that are embedded in the webpage.

7. The method of claim 6, wherein the images have been transferred from a second webpage to the webpage.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein the selected web content includes further web content that is linked to by the selected web content.

9. The method of claim 1, further comprising receiving, in response to the sent selected web content, a response message from at least one of the one or more designated mobile devices.

10. The method of claim 9, further comprising executing an action that is represented by the response message from the at least one of the one or more designated mobile devices.

11. A mobile media system comprising:

an interface to a wireless communication network; and

a client application suite in a client computer that receives web content from a website, the client application suite comprising a content wrapper to wrap content from the website for distribution to the wireless communication network, and a content-to-mobile code module that sends the wrapped content to the wireless network interface for distribution to one or more designated mobile devices connected to the wireless communication network.

12. The system of claim 11, wherein the client application suite further comprises a text-to-mobile messenger adapted to transmit text that is entered into the website from a client computer to the one or more designated mobile devices.

13. The system of claim 11, wherein the web content includes digital images embedded in the website.

14. The system of claim 11, wherein the web content includes video embedded in or linked to by the website.

15. The system of claim 12, wherein the text-to-mobile messenger enables two-way messaging between the client computer and the one or more designated mobile devices.

16. A method for distributing web content to one or more mobile devices connected to a wireless communication network, the method comprising:

providing a window in a webpage that has been downloaded from a server, the window being associated with web content in the webpage, and further being adapted to receive at least a number of at least one of the one or more mobile devices to which the associated web content is to be sent; and

sending the web content to the at least one of the one or more mobile devices based on the number received in the window.

17. The method of claim 16, wherein the window is automatically associated with the web content in the webpage.

18. The method of claim 16, wherein the window is further adapted to receive a text message for transmission to the at least one of the one or more mobile devices.

19. The method of claim 16, wherein sending the web content further includes sending a client identifier associated with the window.

20. The method of claim 19, further comprising receiving, from the at least one of the one or more mobile devices, a reply message at a client computer associated with the client identifier.