Patent ID: 6216157
Filing Date: 2001-04-10
Classification: G06F,H04L

Abstract:
A server apparatus in a server for delivering an interactive application to a client through a transmission medium, the apparatus comprising:an appliance-specific transducer, in view of the client's request for the interactive application, configured to modify the application based on at least one characteristic of the client and at least one characteristic of the application to generate an appliance-specific output; andan adaptive-transmission transducer coupled to the appliance-specific transducer, configured to modify the appliance-specific output, based on at least one characteristic of the application and at least one characteristic of the medium of transmission to generate an adapted output to be delivered through the medium to the client, which decodes the adapted output to produce a modified version of the interactive application;wherein at least one transducer is separated into two parts, with one part being translated into a programming language, and with the two parts later merged after the translation.