Cross-Carrier Mobile Device Capability Discovery
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Solution Overview
Problem
Content providers face uncertainty in delivering displayable media to mobile devices due to variations in supported media delivery methods and types across different wireless carriers and devices.
Innovation Solution
A system and method that utilize carrier-specific processes to detect and store mobile device media capabilities, enabling a content delivery platform to determine the richest media type and delivery method based on carrier policies and device capabilities, and transform content into a suitable format for delivery.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Manufacturing precision
If content providers deliver content without verifying device capabilities, then delivery speed is fast, but content compatibility and display quality deteriorate
Solution Approach 1:
The system performs capability detection in advance by sending test messages to the user's device before actual content delivery. The device's response (or lack thereof) pre-reveals its media capabilities, allowing the content delivery platform to prepare appropriate content formats beforehand, thus avoiding compatibility issues during actual delivery.
Solution Approach 2:
The system uses disposable test messages (SMS/MMS) with minimal content to probe device capabilities. These test messages are inexpensive, low-priority communications that consume minimal resources while effectively revealing device capabilities. The test messages are discarded after serving their detection purpose.
2Manufacturing precision
If content providers verify device capabilities through multiple methods, then content compatibility improves, but system complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The system employs a universal detection mechanism that works across multiple carriers and device types. By using standard SMS/MMS test messages that can be sent to any mobile device, the system achieves broad compatibility without requiring carrier-specific or device-specific detection protocols, thereby reducing overall system complexity.
Solution Approach 2:
The content delivery platform acts as an intermediary between content providers and diverse mobile devices. It maintains a capabilities database that mediates between content requirements and device capabilities, translating content provider intentions into device-appropriate formats without requiring direct complex interactions between providers and each device type.
3Measurement precision
If the system stores capability information for each device, then content delivery accuracy improves, but data storage requirements increase
Solution Approach 1:
The system merges capability information with existing user profile data in the capabilities database. Rather than creating separate storage structures for capability data, it integrates capability attributes (media type support, delivery method preferences) with user identification information, thereby reducing overall storage requirements while maintaining accurate capability tracking.
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AI summary
A system and method for cross-carrier mobile device capability discovery. According to an embodiment, a content delivery platform receives an identifier associated with a mobile computing device of a user, identifies a wireless carrier associated with the mobile computing device based on the received identifier, and detects one or more media capabilities supported by the user's mobile computing device for delivering content to the user's mobile computing device based at least in part on media capabilities supported by the identified carrier.