Automatic Mobile Device Website Login via Carrier IP Matching
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Solution Overview
Problem
Mobile devices face limitations in accessing and downloading media content from remote servers due to slow network speeds and limited viewing capabilities, making it cumbersome for users to find and download ringtones or other media from websites.
Innovation Solution
A network system that includes a server computer system connected to user computer systems and mobile devices via the Internet, WAP, and SMS/MMS networks, allowing users to browse, search, and download media content from a website using their computer system, with links sent to mobile devices for automatic download and storage.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If users access and download media content directly from remote servers using mobile devices, then mobile devices can obtain media content, but the process becomes cumbersome due to slow network speeds and limited viewing capabilities
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces a computer system as an intermediary between the mobile device and the remote server. The computer system performs the browsing, searching, and downloading operations, then transmits the downloaded media content to the mobile device. This mediator approach allows the computationally intensive and network-dependent tasks to be performed on a system with better capabilities, while the mobile device only needs to handle the final reception and storage of content.
2Adaptability or versatility
If users manually browse and download media content on mobile devices, then mobile devices can access website functionality, but the limited viewing capabilities and slow network make the process cumbersome
Solution Approach 1:
The patent divides the overall media access task into separate functional segments: the computer system handles browsing, searching, and downloading operations, while the mobile device handles reception and storage. This segmentation allows each system to operate within its strengths, with the computer providing the website access capabilities and the mobile device providing the media storage capability.
3Extent of automation
If the system requires extensive mobile device interaction for browsing and downloading, then mobile devices can directly access website features, but the user experience deteriorates due to slow network and limited capabilities
Solution Approach 1:
The computer system performs the browsing, searching, and downloading actions in advance before the mobile device is involved. The user can initiate the download process on the computer, allowing the system to automatically retrieve and prepare the media content, then transfer it to the mobile device. This preliminary action on the computer eliminates the need for the mobile device to perform time-consuming operations over the slow mobile network.
Data Source
AI summary
A processing system receives device registration information from a registered user of a website. The device registration information includes a registered telephone number assigned to a mobile communications device. The processing system receives a request for a homepage of the website from a requesting mobile communications device coupled to the processing system via a mobile carrier communications system. The Internet Protocol (IP) address associated with the request is obtained, and the processing system obtains a telephone number currently associated with the IP address from a mobile carrier communications system. The processing system attempts to automatically login the requesting mobile communications device to the website by matching the telephone number currently associated with the IP address to the registered telephone number, and conditionally transmits different versions of the homepage based on whether the requesting mobile communications device has been automatically logged in to the website.