System and Method for Adapting Information Content According to the Capability of the Access Bearer

• US 20160234289A1
• Filed: 04/20/2016
• Published: 08/11/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 07/07/2000
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Optis Wireless Technology, LLC (Brevet Capital)
• Original Assignee: Optis Wireless Technology, LLC (Brevet Capital)
• Inventors: Skog, Robert Bengt, Pehrson, Staffan
• Granted Patent: US 9,866,617 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/9577 Optimising the visualization of content, e.g. distillation of HTML documents
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 41/28 Restricting access to network management systems or functions, e.g. using authorisation function to access network configuration
• 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]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 69/329 in the application layer [OSI layer 7]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 9/40 Network security protocols
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/18 Information format or content conversion, e.g. adaptation by the network of the transmitted or received information for the purpose of wireless delivery to users or terminals
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 8/183 Processing at user equipment or user record carrier
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 80/00 Wireless network protocols or protocol adaptations to wireless operation
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 80/12 Application layer protocols, e.g. WAP [Wireless Application Protocol]

Abstract

A communication system is adapted to provide access to application information on an application server utilizing a specific one of multiple radio access types. Access is provided via an access network using an access bearer. The capability of the specifically requested access bearer is sent to the application server to tailor the application information content according to the capability of the specific access bearer. The information content is then transmitted to the requesting device.

Claims

1. A terminal in a wireless communication system, wherein the terminal is adapted to be wirelessly connected to at least one access device, each of said at least one access device arranged to provide wireless access over a type of access bearer, each access bearer having a bearer capability, wherein the terminal is configured to initiate a request and send said request to an application server via the access bearer, the terminal comprising:

memory configured to store information about the bearer capability for an access bearer used for conveying communication between the terminal and the at least one access device;

a radio access module configured to interpret bearer capability information based on the stored information; and

a user agent configured to identify a relevant bearer capability from the interpreted bearer capability information and append the identified bearer capability to a request of the terminal.

2. A terminal in accordance with claim 1, wherein the radio access module is further configured to receive requested information from the application server.

3. A terminal in accordance with claim 2, wherein the received requested information is tailored depending on the information about the identified bearer capability for the access bearer used for conveying communication between the terminal and the at least one access device.

4. A terminal in accordance with claim 1, wherein the user agent is configured to append the identified bearer capability to a WAP request or an HTTP request.

5. A terminal in accordance with claim 1, wherein the radio access module is further configured to calculate transmission speed used by the access bearer used for conveying the information request, and write the calculated used transmission speed into the stored information.

6. A terminal in accordance with claim 1, wherein the radio access module is further configured to interpret a change in the bearer capabilities and writing the interpreted change into the stored information when the terminal is connected to an application server.

7. A terminal in accordance with claim 1, wherein the radio access module is further configured to detect a type of bearer that the terminal uses based on information interpreted by the radio access module.

8. A method of operating a terminal in a wireless communication system, wherein the terminal is adapted to be wirelessly connected to at least one access device, each of said at least one access device arranged to provide wireless access over a type of access bearer, each access bearer having a bearer capability, wherein the terminal initiates an information request to an application server and sends said request to an application server via the access bearer, the method comprising:

storing in memory information about the bearer capability for an access bearer used for conveying communication between the terminal and the at least one access device;

interpreting, using a radio access module, bearer capability information based on the stored information; and

identifying, using a user agent, a relevant bearer capability in the stored information and appending the identified bearer capability to a request of the terminal using the user agent.

9. A method in accordance with claim 8, further comprising receiving, with the radio access module, requested information from the application server.

10. A method in accordance with claim 9, wherein the received requested information is tailored depending on the information about the identified bearer capability for the access bearer used for conveying communication between the terminal and the at least one access device.

11. A method in accordance with claim 8, wherein appending using the user agent comprising appending the identified bearer capability to a WAP request or an HTTP request.

12. A method in accordance with claim 8, further comprising calculating, with the radio access module, transmission speed used by the access bearer used for conveying the information request, and writing, with the radio access module, the calculated used transmission speed into the stored information.

13. A method in accordance with claim 8, further comprising interpreting, with the radio access module, a change in the bearer capabilities and writing, with the radio access module, the interpreted change into the stored information when the terminal is connected to an application server.

14. A method in accordance with claim 8, further comprising detecting, with the radio access module, a type of bearer that the terminal uses based on information interpreted by the radio access module.

15. A method of operating a terminal in a wireless communication system, said terminal adapted to be wirelessly connected to at least one access device, each of said at least one access device arranged to provide wireless access over a type of access bearer, each access bearer having a bearer capability, wherein the method comprises:

initiating an information request to an application server, wherein the information request comprises information about the bearer capability for an access bearer used for conveying communication between the terminal and the at least one access device;

transmitting the information request having said information about the bearer capability to the application server; and

receiving the requested information from the application server, the requested information tailored depending on the information about bearer capability for the access bearer used for conveying communication between the terminal and the at least one access device.

16. A method in accordance with claim 15, wherein the request is a WAP request or an HTTP request.

17. The method of claim 15, wherein the information about bearer capability includes parameters regarding the transmission speed used by the access bearer used for conveying the information request.

18. A method in accordance with claim 15, further comprising detecting a type of bearer that the terminal uses based on the bearer capability information.

19. A method in accordance with claim 15, further comprising collecting information regarding the used access bearer.

20. A method in accordance with claim 19, further comprising interpreting the collected information and to writing the interpreted information into a database.