Device capability based discovery, packaging and provisioning of content for wireless mobile devices

A method of providing access to digital content for use on wireless communication devices, the method comprising:

• receiving and storing in a server system a plurality of items of digital content to be made available for use in wireless communication devices used by a plurality of wireless services subscribers, including receiving and storing a plurality of different implementations of at least one of the items of digital content, where each implementation of any given item of digital content corresponds to a different set of device capabilities;
• operating the server system to maintain a product catalog containing a description of the items of digital content, wherein the product catalog includes, in association with each item of digital content, a reference to each implementation of said item of digital content;
• receiving a request from a wireless device used by one of the subscribers;
• in response to the request, selecting a portion of the product catalog to be presented to the subscriber, based on device capabilities of the wireless device used by the subscriber;
• and
• presenting the selected portion of the product catalog to the subscriber via a wireless network, such that the selected portion, as presented to the subscriber, provides only a single description of each item of digital content in said portion, regardless of the number of implementations of each said item.

A system comprising:

• a network interface through which to communicate over a communication network;
• and
• a download manager to
• receive and store a plurality of items of content to be made available for use in wireless communication devices used by a plurality of wireless telecommunications subscribers, including receiving a plurality of different implementations of at least one of the items of content, where each implementation of any given item of content corresponds to a different set of device capabilities;
• and
• maintain a product catalog containing a description of the items of content, the product catalog including, in association with each item of content, a reference to each implementation of said item of content.

A system comprising:

• a processor;
• and
• a storage facility accessible to the processor and containing code which, when executed by the processor, causes the processing system to
• receive and store a plurality of items of digital content to be made available for use in wireless communication devices used by a plurality of wireless telecommunications subscribers, including receiving and storing a plurality of different implementations of at least one of the items of digital content, where each implementation of any given item of digital content corresponds to a different set of device capabilities;
• maintain a product catalog containing a description of the items of digital content, wherein the product catalog includes, in association with each item of digital content, a reference to each implementation of said item of digital content;
• receive a request from a wireless device used by one of the subscribers;
• in response to the request, select a portion of the product catalog to be presented to the subscriber, based on device capabilities of the wireless device used by the subscriber;
• and
• cause the selected portion of the product catalog to be presented to the subscriber via a wireless telecommunications network, such that the selected portion, as presented to the subscriber, provides only a single description of each item of digital content in said portion, regardless of the number of implementations of each said item.