IE20050764U1 - Mobile device internet access - Google Patents
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Abstract
ABSTRACT A mobile device browser accesses (2) a proxy server and the user selects preferred categories for web pages. This is done using a graphical interface generated by a feedback mechanism of the proxy server. A profiling mechanism of the proxy server incorporates an artificial intelligence engine and it maintains a table of preferred categories in a customer profile. The mobile device accesses (3) a recommended site. The mobile operator server downloads (4) instructions to the mobile device to cause it to display a toolbar. The user selects one icon on the toolbar to indicate whether the site is approved or disapproved. If the approval icon is clicked, the server automatically downloads (5) a page for posting comment. The page or form includes a list of options to be ticked by the user to indicate the preferred subject matter areas such as science, ring tones. entertainment, sport, technology, and news. Also, the automatically transmits (6) notifications to other users by using a current database of approved sites. If disapproved, the above steps are repeated for a next site. The feedback mechanism of the server is configured to enable transformation of mobile content by addition of the toolbar. The profiling mechanism of the server performs real time monitoring of content access by mobile devices, and determines if it scores highly enough to be successful.
Description
The invention relates to access by mobile devices to the intemet.
Prior Art Discussion
In recent years there have been significant developments in mobile device access to
the intemet. However a major restriction is, by necessity, the small size of the keypad
and the display screen. This tends to limit the extent to which users access web pages
using the mobile device browser. Instead, they tend to use only a limited number of
specific sites.
The invention is directed towards achieving more convenient access to relevant web
pages by browsers executing on mobile devices.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
According to the invention there is provided a mobile network proxy server
comprising:-
an interface to receive content access requests from a wide area network
server and originating in mobile devices;
a feedback mechanism for generating a graphical interface suitable for
display on a particular mobile device, for transmitting the interface to the
mobile device, and for receiving in real time user feedback within the
structure of the graphical interface; and
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a profiling mechanism for dynamically maintaining a user content preference
profile according to the user feedback, and for automatically determining
starting content upon receipt of first accesses by mobile devices.
In one embodiment, the feedback mechanism automatically generates a toolbar
graphical interface and it recognises user selections on the mobile device of buttons
on the toolbar as particular quantified rating.
In one embodiment. the feedback mechanism extracts mark-up text and transmits
said text to a mobile device, and the mobile device uses the mark-up text to generate
the toolbar graphical interface.
In one embodiment, the feedback mechanism automatically determines mobile
device type and transmits the mark-up text accordingly.
In one embodiment, the toolbar has a discrete icon for indicating approval of content
such as a site.
In one embodiment, the server has a discrete icon for indicating disapproval of
content such as a site.
In one embodiment, the feedback mechanism automatically downloads a graphical
interface for user input of more detailed feedback, upon receipt of a positive rating.
In another embodiment, the feedback mechanism modifies mobile content browser-
accessible pages to display the user prompts.
In one embodiment, the feedback mechanism parses the responses in real time to
modify the user prompts.
In one embodiment, the feedback mechanism transmits the graphical interface to the
mobile device with instructions to display the graphical interface irrespective of
which content is accessed.
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In one embodiment, the profiling mechanism manages a list of approved content
sites, as indicated in feedback from multiple users.
In one embodiment, the profiling mechanism dynamically monitors data traffic and
downloads an indicator for display on the toolbar.
In one embodiment, the profiling mechanism manages a database of mobile device
browser capabilities and dynamically manages downloads to the mobile device
accordingly.
In a further embodiment, the profiling mechanism classifies content sites according
to category and weight.
In one embodiment, the profiling mechanism maintains a look-up table of weights
and uses random values in the table for an initial seeding process to identify a
starting content site.
In one embodiment, the profiling mechanism normalizes the number of user
selections in a site to provide a weighting component.
In one embodiment. the profiling mechanism normalizes a time value for time spent
by a user visiting a content site to provide a weighting component.
In one embodiment, the profiling mechanism comprises a recommendation artificial
intelligence engine to automatically generate a content recommendation.
In one embodiment, the engine uses feedback from a plurality of users to generate a
content recommendation for a particular user.
In one embodiment, the engine comprises a knowledge base and an inference engine
which automatically interprets knowledge base rules.
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DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION
Brief Description ofthe Drawings
The invention will be more clearly understood from the following description of
some embodiments thereof, given by way of example only with reference to the
accompanying drawings in which:-
Fig. l is a flow diagram for mobile device operations according to the
invention;
Fig. 2 is a representation of a toolbar;
Fig. 3 is a flow diagram for server operations according to the invention, and
F i g. 4 is a more detailed flow diagram of the server operations.
Description of the Embodiments
Referring to Fig. 1 in a method 1, a mobile device browser accesses a proxy server in
a step 2 and the user selects preferred categories of web pages. This is done using a
graphical interface generated by a feedback mechanism of the proxy server. A
profiling mechanism of the proxy server maintains a table of preferred categories in a
customer profile. In a step 3 the mobile device browses to a recommended site. In
step 4, the mobile operator server downloads instructions to the mobile device to
cause it to display a toolbar such as shown in Fig. 2. The user selects one icon on the
toolbar to indicate whether the site is approved or disapproved. If the approval icon is
clicked, the server automatically downloads a page for posting comments, in step 5.
The page or fomi includes a list of options to be ticked by the user to indicate the
preferred subject matter areas such as science, ring tones, entertainment, sport,
technology, and news. Also, the server automatically transmits notifications (step 6)
to other users by using a current database of approved sites. If disapproved, steps 3
onwards are repeated for a next site.
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The server operations are illustrated in Fig. 3 as a method 20. In step 21, the
feedback mechanism of the server is configured to enable transformation of mobile
content by addition of the toolbar of Fig. 2. In step 22 recommended starting sites are
set, and content is launched in step 23. The profiling mechanism of the server
performs real time monitoring of content access by mobile devices, and in step 25
determines if it scores highly enough to be successful. A next site or other item of
content is chosen in step 26.
The operations are described in more detail as a method 30 in Fig. 4 having steps 31
to 44. In step 3] the mobile device uploads a starter URL and in step 32 the WAP
gateway directs the device to the proxy server, which in step 33 attempts to connect
to a recommended site. If such a site is not found, as indicated by steps 34 and 44,
the proxy server profiling mechanism processes database records to identify
alternative sites and returns to step 32.
When a site is found, in step 35 the proxy server feedback mechanism identifies the
mobile device from the header information in step 36, and in step 38, it inserts mark-
up text to generate the toolbar at the correct location within mark-up text. It also
(step 39) identifies and modifies all links and tags, including image and meta tags
such that they are compatible with proxy server and toolbar insertion. The mobile
device then generates and renders the mark-up text.
In step 40 the mobile device renders the mark-up text, and in step 41 the user selects
a button on the toolbar. The proxy server, in step 42, updates the preferences to a
persistent store 43. As indicated by step 44 the proxy server may then identify a
further site.
In more detail, referring again to step 22 of Fig. 3, the proxy server profiling
mechanism transmits content that users they find personally compelling by building
up a profile of that user's preferences over time. When a user first accesses the Web
server the proxy server cannot determine what that user’s preferences are because
there is no data concerning this user. The profiling mechanism performs a seeding
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step by taking the most popular and most liked content from other users and serves it
to the new user. This is done by querying the profile database for live sites. The live
sites are ordered by category and weight. The weight is calculated by taking a seed
value which is multiplied by a value chosen by the mobile operator in the range of
0.1 to 0.8. This combined value is multiplied by the category weight value which is
determined from a look-up table of values which are created randomly initially and
then based on usage refined to represent weights based on continuing use. This
ensures that the initial random weightings seek accurate values very quickly. In
addition the total number of clicks made by users within a site is normalized to a
value between 0.1 and 1 and this value is multiplied by the width so that sites that
have had more clicks by users get a higher weight. Similarly, the time spent on sites
is normalized to values between 0.1 and 1 and this value is multiplied by the weight
so that sites that users spend more time on get a higher weight. Finally a random
value is generated between 0.1 and l and this value is multiplied by the weight so
that the sites with the higher weights tend to get displayed first but at any one time a
low weight site could be displayed within the first few sites so that users see the best
sites first and sometimes see a lower weight site also. This ensures that sites with a
lower weight are seen by users and get a chance to have a higher weight associated
with them.
Also, for step 44, the proxy server executes a process that weights the collaborative
recommendation of other users and prompts these recommendations to the
appropriate other users. The process produces a metric that measures the most
suitable content for each individual user based on recommendations of similar users.
The collaborative recommendation is handled by an artificial intelligence engine.
This is a dedicated expert system limited to solving problems and giving advice
within the specialized knowledge domain of the proxy server and registered mobile
devices.
The artificial intelligence engine analyses user patterns and calculates in real-time the
best content to transmit to a particular user. The basic components of the expert
system are a knowledge base (or “KB”) and an inference engine. The information in
the KB is obtained by eliciting decision—making rules from the base of all previous
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decisions made by end-users. The information obtained is organized into a collection
of rules, (if—then structured, with an attached probability weighting for each rule).
These rules (production rules) are fired depending on the inputs supplied by a query
sent to the server (including current site, user's last ten sites, user category selections,
user likes, user dislikes). The inference engine enables the expert system to draw
deductions from the rules in the KB. The deductions each have an attached degree of
truth co-efficient (i.e. fuzzy values). The deductions are combined by a voting system
to return the most appropriate site for the end user.
The proxy server may send to the mobile device user in a pseudo random fashion
content sites that they are likely to like based on previously recorded usage patterns
of other users of the service in the portal. A collaborative rating approach ensures
this content is best suited to this individual user.
The feedback mechanism of the proxy server can convert graphics that would not
normally be displayed in the browser into a format that is supported. This is based on
a database of 4,000 handsets and their individual graphic rendering capability. In a
similar manner, the markup language of the visited site can be dynamically changed
by the server into a mark-up language supported by the browser.
Through dynamic transformation of the pages rendered on the mobile device, the
user has the option to:
- read the mobile intemet or content site normally and continue browsing,
v rate it positively,
— rate it negatively,
- add a comment about the site,
- view cost of the browsing session (calculated and displayed in real time), or
— go to the next random site.
At any time a user can modify his list of interests to include or omit topics. For
example, an alphabetical list may include topics ranging from Astronomy to
Zoology.
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An important result is that the mobile device user is always within control of the
system operator and is always just one browser click from the home portal as
operated by the mobile network operator. In effect, the mobile browser is free to
roam outside of the mobile operator portal but never leaves the portal as the
persistent toolbar is always available.
It will be appreciated that the proxy server executes a process that weights the
collaborative recommendation of other users and prompts these recommendations to
the appropriate other users. This process produces a metric that measures the most
suitable content for each individual user based on recommendations of similar users.
The proxy server modifies mobile content browser accessible pages from arbitrary
sites on-the-fly so that the relevant and available options are displayed as extra clicks
on the top or bottom of the page. The page is parsed in real time and extra clicks are
added to the top or bottom (or both). This requires the raw mark up language to be
modified and extra code inserted to add via a toolbar.
The proxy server builds up an initial database of usage patterns for initial launch in a
network. The system relies on people using it to be successful and this process needs
to be bootstrapped. Once the usage patterns have been bootstrapped a process is
executed to detect relevance and usage patterns that will direct other users to content
that they are genuinely interested in.
The proxy server filters out sites that are not accessible by other users. For example,
if a user recommends a content page of a mobile intemet site that requires a
subscription these should not be pushed to other users. This should happen naturally
if the above process is effective.
When a user clicks a button on the toolbar that indicates positive approval of a site
that has already been added to the system, various calculations are made based ion
this usage pattern. When a user clicks this approval button on a site that is not in the
system it is added to a pending list. If another user clicks the approval button on the
same site it remains on the pending list but the priority is increased. A System
operator visits the list of pending over Web interface and performs two tasks:
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- Categorisation. Add the site to one or more content categories based on the
text and images in the site.
- Approval. Approve or reject the site. Operators may wish to exclude certain
sites altogether.
The system also makes it possible to completely automate the approval/
categorisation process. All sites added are in an approved state by default (can still
reject later) and categories are guessed from the content of the site (categories can
still be changed later). The Auto Categorisation relies on each category having a list
of search terms associated with them and an intelligent matching algorithm.
The operator of the system has full control over the database so that certain sites can
be blocked and others pushed.
It will be appreciated that the invention enables the operator to visualize and map the
consumption of mobile content made available through the toolbar. A user can
recommend content to others: when users click on the toolbar to approve content
they can post messages to other users via SMS/e—mail/live chat or on their own web
log portal. Direct communication with other users is possible in this way. A user can
view the sites recommended by other users and history of sites visited using the
system. A user can bookmark sites approved of on a remote server for retrieval via
the mobile device.
The invention is not limited to the embodiments described but may be varied in
construction and detail.
Claims (1)
- Claims [E 050764 A mobile network proxy server comprising:- an interface to receive content access requests from a wide area network server and originating in mobile devices; a feedback mechanism for generating a graphical interface suitable for display on a particular mobile device, for transmitting the interface to the mobile device, and for receiving in real time user feedback within the structure of the graphical interface; and a profiling mechanism for dynamically maintaining a user content preference profile according to the user feedback, and for automatically determining starting content upon receipt of first accesses by mobile devices; wherein the feedback mechanism automatically generates a toolbar graphical interface and it recognises user selections on the mobile device of buttons on the toolbar as particular quantified rating; wherein the feedback mechanism extracts mark-up text and transmits said text to a mobile device, and the mobile device uses the mark-up text to generate the toolbar graphical interface; and wherein the feedback mechanism automatically determines mobile device type and transmits the mark-up text accordingly. A mobile network proxy server as claimed in claim 1, wherein the toolbar has a discrete icon for indicating approval of content such as a site, wherein the toolbar has a discrete icon for indicating disapproval of content such as a site; and wherein the feedback mechanism automatically downloads a graphical interface for user input of more detailed feedback, upon receipt of a positive rating. A mobile network server as claimed in claims 1 or 2, wherein the feedback mechanism modifies mobile content browser-accessible pages to display the user prompts; wherein the feedback mechanism parses the responses in real time to modify the user prompts; wherein the feedback mechanism transmits the graphical interface to the mobile device with instructions to display the graphical interface irrespective of which content is accessed; wherein the profiling mechanism manages a list of approved content sites, as indicated in feedback from multiple users; and wherein the profiling mechanism dynamically monitors data traffic and downloads an indicator for display on the toolbar. A mobile network proxy server as claimed in any preceding claim, wherein the profiling mechanism manages a database of mobile device browser capabilities and dynamically manages downloads to the mobile device accordingly; wherein the profiling mechanism classifies content sites according to category and weight; wherein the profiling mechanism maintains a look-up table of weights and uses random values in the table for an initial seeding process to identify a starting content site; wherein the profiling mechanism normalizes the number of user selections in a site to provide a weighting component; wherein the profiling mechanism normalizes a time value for time spent by a user visiting a content site to provide a weighting component; wherein the profiling mechanism comprises a recommendation artificial intelligence engine to automatically generate a content recommendation. A mobile network proxy server as claimed in claim 4, wherein the engine uses feedback from a plurality of users to generate a content recommendation for a particular user; wherein the engine comprises a knowledge base and an inference engine which automatically interprets knowledge base rules.
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