SYSTEM FOR PROVIDING POLICY BASED CONTENT SERVICE IN A MOBILE NETWORK

• US 20140365560A1
• Filed: 08/25/2014
• Published: 12/11/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 01/25/2008
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Seven Networks LLC (SoftBank Group Corp.)
• Original Assignee: Seven Networks Inc
• Inventors: Fiatal, Trevor
• Granted Patent: US 9,736,681 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 709/203
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/9577 Optimising the visualization of content, e.g. distillation of HTML documents
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/01 Protocols
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 8/24 Transfer of terminal data

Abstract

A policy based content delivery system is provided. The system includes a mobile device configured to select and receive content and a content source configured to provide content selected by the mobile device to a content server. The content source is further configured to modify content selected by the mobile device prior to the content server providing the selected content to the mobile device. A content server is configured to discover content at a content source and provide a list of detected content to the mobile device for selection. The content server is further configured to instruct the content source to provide the content in accordance with a policy. The content server includes a policy enforcement engine configured to implement a policy.

Claims

1. A policy based content delivery system comprising:

a mobile device configured to select and receive content;

a content source configured to provide content selected by the mobile device to a content server, the content source further configured to modify content selected by the mobile device prior to the content server providing the selected content to the mobile device; and

a content server configured to discover content at a content source and provide a list of detected content to the mobile device for selection, the content server further configured to instruct the content source to provide the content in accordance with a policy, the content server including a policy enforcement engine configured to implement a policy.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein the policy encompasses a service provider policy.

3. The system of claim 1, wherein the policy encompasses mobile device capabilities.

4. The system of claim 1, wherein the policy encompasses user preferences.

5. The system of claim 1, further comprising an approved proxy configured to transfer content to the mobile device.

6. The system of claim 1, wherein the content source is a personal computer including a connector to provide user selected content to the mobile device.

7. A policy based content delivery system comprising:

a mobile device configured to select and receive content;

a content source configured to provide content selected by the mobile device to a content server; and

a content server configured to discover content at a content source and provide a list of detected content to the mobile device for selection, the content server further configured to request content from the content source, the content server including a content reformatting engine configured to modify selected content in accordance with a policy.

8. The system of claim 7, wherein the policy encompasses a service provider policy.

9. The system of claim 7, wherein the policy encompasses mobile device capabilities.

10. The system of claim 7, wherein the policy encompasses user preferences.

11. A policy based content delivery system comprising:

a mobile device configured to select and receive content;

a content source configured to provide content selected by the mobile device to a content server, the content source further configured to modify content selected by the mobile device prior to providing the selected content to the mobile device; and

a content server configured to discover content at content source and provide a list of detected content to the mobile device for selection, the content server further configured to instruct the content source to provide the content in accordance with a policy, the content server including a content reformatting engine configured to modify selected content in accordance with a policy.

12. The system of claim 11, wherein the policy encompasses a service provider policy.

13. The system of claim 11, wherein the policy encompasses mobile device capabilities.

14. The system of claim 11, wherein the policy encompasses user preferences.