Webpage Request Redirecting via Device Detection
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Solution Overview
Problem
Webpage designs for desktop and mobile devices often result in suboptimal user experiences when accessed from incompatible devices, leading to potential customer frustration and negative impressions for businesses.
Innovation Solution
A method and apparatus for redirecting webpage requests from one type of user device to a corresponding webpage designed for a more compatible type of device, using a device_checked cookie to determine device compatibility and retrieve instructions for redirecting the user to a more suitable webpage.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Device complexity
If a single webpage design is used for all device types, then device complexity is reduced, but user experience deteriorates on incompatible devices
Solution Approach 1:
The patent segments the webpage design into multiple device-specific versions (desktop, mobile, tablet) and uses device detection to serve the appropriate version. This resolves the contradiction by maintaining simple individual page designs while providing optimized experiences for different devices through segmentation.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent changes the parameter of device compatibility by detecting device type and dynamically serving different webpage designs based on the detected device parameters. This allows the system to maintain simplicity in each individual design while adapting to different device characteristics.
2Ease of operation
If separate webpage designs are created for different device types, then user experience on compatible devices is improved, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent creates a universal webpage template structure that can serve multiple device types, with device-specific adaptations applied through detection and redirection. This maintains ease of operation across devices while avoiding the complexity of completely separate design systems.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent introduces an intermediary detection mechanism that sits between the user request and the webpage delivery, automatically routing users to appropriate device-specific pages. This intermediary handles the complexity of multiple designs while keeping the individual page designs relatively simple and focused.
3Adaptability or versatility
If device detection and redirection mechanisms are implemented, then webpage compatibility is improved, but system complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements preliminary device detection and redirection before the user actually views the webpage. By detecting device type early in the request process and redirecting to the appropriate design beforehand, the system achieves high compatibility without adding complexity during the actual webpage rendering phase.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent uses feedback from device detection to automatically select and serve the appropriate webpage design. This feedback loop enables the system to adapt to different devices intelligently while keeping the overall system architecture relatively simple through rule-based redirection.
Data Source
AI summary
Apparatuses, methods, and computer readable medium, for redirecting a webpage request for a webpage to a webpage request for a more compatible webpage, the method including receiving the webpage request from a user device for the webpage, determining whether a cookie exists for the user device, and if the cookie does not exist, then modifying the received request for the webpage to include a type of the user device, wherein the cookie indicates the type of the user device; retrieving instructions from the requested webpage; and sending a response to the user device to redirect to the more compatible webpage if the type of the user device indicates the user device is more compatible with the more compatible webpage, wherein the sending the response is based on the instructions retrieved from the requested webpage.