Dynamically provided content processor for transcoded data types at intermediate stages of transcoding process

A computer program product in a computer readable media for use in a data processing system for providing content from a distributed database to a client, the computer program product comprising:

• first instructions for receiving, at a server, a request for content;
• second instructions for retrieving the content in a first format;
• third instructions, responsive to a determination that an increase in efficiency would be obtained by allowing the client to process the content in the first format prior to transcoding the content into a second format, for sending the content to the client in the first format;
• and
• fourth instructions, responsive to a determination that the client does not have content processing software for the first format, for sending the content processing software for the first format along with the content in the first format.

A system for providing content from a distributed database to a client, comprising:

• means for receiving, at a server, a request for content;
• means for retrieving the content in a first format;
• means, responsive to a determination that an increase in efficiency would be obtained by allowing the client to process the content in the first format prior to transcoding the content into a second format, for sending the content to the client in the first format;
• and
• means, responsive to a determination that the client does not have content processing software for the first format, for sending the content processing software for the first format along with the content in the first format.

A method in a data processing system for processing a request for a document, the method comprising the data processing system implemented steps of:

• receiving a request for a document from a client;
• obtaining the document in a first format;
• and
• responsive to a determination that the client is unable to process the document in the first format, sending a document in the first format with computer implemented instructions for processing the document in the first format.

A data processing system for processing a request for a document, the system comprising:

• means for receiving a request for a document from a client;
• means for obtaining the document in a first format;
• and
• means, responsive to a determination that the client is unable to process the document in the first format, for sending a document in the first format with computer implemented instructions for processing the document in the first format.

A computer program product in a computer readable media for use in a data processing system for processing a request for a document, comprising:

• first instructions for receiving a request for a document from a client;
• second instructions for obtaining the document in a first format;
• and
• third instructions, responsive to a determination that the client is unable to process the document in the first format, for sending the document in the first format with computer implemented instructions for processing the document in the first format.

A method in a data processing system for providing content from a distributed database to a client, comprising the steps of:

• receiving, at a server, a request for content;
• retrieving the content in a first format;
• transcoding the content from the first format into at least one intermediate format;
• transcoding the content form the intermediated format into the requested format;
• and
• responsive to a determination that an increase in efficiency would be obtained by allowing the client to process the content in the intermediated format prior to transcoding the content into the requested format, sending the content to the client in the intermediate format.