System and method for transcoding web content for display by alternative client devices

A system for processing transactions between a client device and a web page comprising:

• an adapter for receiving and interpreting a request from the client device, the adapter being configured to interface with the client device;
• a generator for retrieving a web page specified by the request;
• a transcoder for receiving the retrieved web page, for applying a transcoding rule to extract data from the web page, and for transforming the data into a standardized form, the transcoding rule being one of a set of predefined rules relating a service domain embodied by the web page;
• and
• an adapter for modifying the standardized data into a compatible form for display by the client device.

A computer program product, comprising:

• a computer program storage device;
• computer-readable instructions on the storage device for causing a computer to undertake method acts to facilitate the processing of transactions between a client device and a web site, the method acts comprising:
• configuring at least one adapter to interface with the client device;
• defining a plurality of web page transactional service domains, defining steps performed by transactions in each transactional service domain, and defining a set of transcoding rules relating to each transactional service domain;
• interpreting a request from the client device;
• receiving a web page specified by the request, the web page enabling transactions in one of the transactional service domains;
• retrieving at least one previously defined transcoding rule that corresponds to the transactional service domain of the web page;
• extracting data from the web page using the retrieved rule:
• transforming the extracted data into a standard form;
• modifying the standard form of the extracted data to enable its display by the client device;
• and
• receving and displaying the modified data using the client devive.