US 2006/0077941 A1 · User interface system and method for implementation on multiple types of clients

Abstract

A method and system for implementing a user interface for providing a data service in a mobile client using a server with knowledge of the client's hardware and software capabilities to modify data content and display rules for an improved user interface on the client. Data may be cached on the client to improve application response time and provide a standalone application capability for the client. The automatic conversion of newly developed applications to a plurality of clients with differing hardware and software capabilities reduces application software development and maintenance costs. Software updates and bug fixes can be deployed with the same method and system.

Claims19

Dependent claims

A method for providing rule set based applications by a first server for use by a client device in a client-server system comprising:

receiving a request for an application by the first server;
receiving at least one of a set of client device characteristics by the first server;
selecting at least one of a plurality of rule sets defining the requested application based on a similarity of the received at least one of the set of client device characteristics to a device characteristic associated with the rule set according to the received indication by the first server;
and
sending the rule set to the client device by the first server to provide an application responsive to the request.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application

11/151,798Filed 13 Jun 2005

Priority

20 Sep 2004

Published

13 Apr 2006

Term ends

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Classification7 codes

H04W 4/18
Services specially adapted for wireless communication networks; Facilities therefor: information format or content conversion, e.g. adaptation by…
H04L 51/063
Message adaptation to terminal or network requirements: content adaptation, e.g. replacement of unsuitable content
H04L 51/066
Message adaptation to terminal or network requirements: format adaptation, e.g. format conversion or compression
H04L 51/58
User-to-user messaging in packet-switching networks, transmitted according to store-and-forward or real-time protocols, e.g. e-mail: message…

Family

Application60/611,353Us provisional application · filed 20 Sep 2004

Application10/963,929Continuation in part · filed 12 Oct 2004

Application11/151,798Continuation in part · filed 13 Jun 2005

US 2006/0063518 A1Published application

US 7,266,370 B2Related patent

US 2006/0077941 A1This patent

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User interface system and method for implementation on multiple types of clients

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User interface system and method for implementation on multiple types of clients

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Abstract

Claims19