Web content customization via adaptation Web services

In a computer server, a method for customization of Web content via adaptation Web Services, the method comprising:

• receiving a request for Web content from a user agent resident in a Web access device, the request for Web content comprising capabilities of the Web access device;
• invoking a Web Service, in response to the request for Web content and the capabilities of the Web access device, to determine how the requested Web content is to be customized;
• mapping the capabilities of the Web access device to characteristics of the requested Web content;
• invoking a niche transformation service in response to the mapping of the capabilities of the Web access device;
• receiving an indication of modified Web content from the niche transformation service, the modified Web content being modified in response to the capabilities of the Web access device;
• and
• transmitting modified Web content to the user agent.

A system for customizing Web content comprising:

• an origin server comprising:
• Web content authoring means having a capability to determine how Web content is to be customized in response to a received Web content request from a Web access device and characteristics of the Web access device;
• and
• an adaptation determination service, coupled to the Web content authoring means, having a capability to interpret the characteristics of the Web access device, map the characteristics to the requested content, and make a determination regarding a type of transformation required in response to the characteristics and the content;
• and
• a niche transformation service that has a capability of performing the type of transformation determined by the adaptation determination service, the niche transformation service generating modified Web content in response to the type of transformation and transmitting the modified Web content to the origin server.