Patent ID: 8024452
Filing Date: 2011-09-20
Classification: G06F,H04L,H04W

Abstract:
1. A method performed by a delivery server, the method comprising: receiving, from a content provider, a package consisting of nested envelopes, the nested envelopes being: a client envelope including a payload and client metadata; and a server envelope containing the client envelope and server metadata, wherein the client metadata is opaque to the delivery server for instructing only a delivery client how to process the payload, and wherein the server metadata is distinct or different from the client metadata, the server metadata instructing only the delivery server how to process at least one of the client envelope, the payload and the client metadata; extracting the server metadata from the package consisting of nested envelopes, the server metadata specifying network preferences for delivery of the client envelope to the delivery client; and delivering, to the delivery client, the client envelope containing the payload and the client metadata if network conditions correspond to the network preferences from the server metadata.