Patent ID: 8812374
Filing Date: 2014-08-19
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
1. One or more computer-readable media comprising computer-executable instructions that, when executed by a processor of a host comprising an online site that provides an electronic catalog having one or more items available for acquisition, configure the processor to perform acts comprising: receiving a request for a digital item from the electronic catalog, the request received from a consumer electronics device; identifying a brand and model combination of the consumer electronics device that sent the request; selecting a services adapter from a plurality of services adapters available to the host based on the identified brand and model combination of the consumer electronics device, individual services adapters from the plurality of services adapters corresponding to a particular brand and model combination different than each other brand and model combination; translating the request, using the services adapter, into a request compatible with the host by: processing the request at the services platform of the host; generating a response to send to the consumer electronics device, the generated response being in the host protocol that is readable by the services platform of the host; translating the response, using the services adapter, into a response compatible with the consumer electronics device by converting the host protocol that is readable by the services platform of the host to the particular protocol; and sending the translated response to the consumer electronics device along with the requested digital item.