Patent ID: 7366712
Filing Date: 2008-04-29
Classification: G06F,Y10S

Abstract:
1. A gateway, comprising: a service sniffer operable to receive from a client device a format informing the gateway about a client device's capabilities including any display capabilities of the client device, the service sniffer further operable to direct inputs from the client device to a plurality of portals based on the type of data received from the client device; a command interpreter engine coupled to one or more of the plurality of portals to detect keywords in speech when the data received includes a compressed speech input; a search and analysis engine to search a network for contents based on the keywords; a transcoding engine coupled to the one or more of the plurality of portals and operable to convert contents retrieved from the network within multiple fidelities and modalities and to select a proper content version for the client device based on the format informing the gateway about the client device's capabilities; and a transformation engine to convert a data format used in the contents retrieved from the network into the format supported by the client device based on the format informing the gateway about the client device's capabilities.