Patent ID: 11870744
Assignee: ROVI GUIDES, INC.
Field: Digital communication (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H | IPC H

Claim 0:
1. A method comprising:
receiving, at a first computing device via a messaging application, a message for transmission to a second computing device via a communication network;
comparing the first computing device to the second computing device to determine whether the first and second computing device are of a same device type; and
in response to determining that the first and second computing device are not of the same device type:
determining a format that is compatible for the second computing device;
modifying a current format of the message to the compatible format, wherein modifying comprises, identifying inclusion of pertinent information in the current format of the message via a hyperlink, and modifying the current format of the message by embedding the pertinent information in a body of the message without the hyperlink; and
generating for display, at the first computing device, a preview of the message in the compatible format.