System and method for delivering content to mobile devices

US7644400B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• ACK VENTURES HOLDINGS, LLC · US

Inventors

• Michelle Harris · New York, US
• Dan Jethanamest · Palisades Park, US
• Thomas Leroux · Oudenaarde, BE
• Corey Tripp · New York, US
• Peter DeLucia · Freehold, US
• Lin Hsu · Hsinchu, TW
• Boyle Lee · Emerson, US
• Dan Liu · Sunnyvale, US
• George Yi · New York, US
• Rocio Katsanis · Shreveport, US
• Harry Kargman · New York, US
• Evan Herbst · Baldwin, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Dec 18, 2001
• Grant date: Jan 5, 2010
• Expiry date: Apr 6, 2022

Classification

• Technology area (CPC H): Electricity
• CPC primary: H04L67/2895
• WIPO field: Digital communication
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

Abstract

The illustrative embodiment of the present invention provides a platform that enables a content developer to distribute uniform content to multiple types of requesting mobile devices. By authoring content in a generic markup language and using the technologies included in the Mobile Content Framework(MCF), the content developer is able to provide content to multiple types devices without providing different versions of the content. The content may be authored originally in the generic markup language or translated from other languages into the generic markup language by the MCF. The MCF exploits the capabilities and accommodates the limitations of different types of wireless devices by converting generic markup language content to device-specific content. The MCF interacts with device registries holding records of the device attributes in order to provide the device-specific content. The MCF handles these issues for current mobile devices while also being extensible for future mobile devices.