Patent ID: 7974988
Filing Date: 2011-07-05
Classification: H04L,H04W

Abstract:
1. A method for cross-carrier mobile device capability discovery, comprising: receiving an identifier associated with a mobile computing device of a user; identifying a wireless carrier network associated with the mobile computing device that serves the mobile computing device based on the received identifier; determining, with a content distribution system, media message protocol capabilities supported by the identified wireless carrier network, wherein each of the media message protocol capabilities of the identified wireless carrier network specifies that the identified wireless carrier network can deliver a message of a media message protocol corresponding to that media message protocol capability to the mobile computing device, each of the media message protocol capabilities offering a different richness of media support, wherein the media message protocol specifies a message format and a delivery mechanism of a message of that media message protocol, and the determining is accomplished by, detecting one or more media capabilities supported by the user's mobile computing device for delivering content to the user's mobile computing device based at least in part on the media message protocol capabilities supported by the identified wireless carrier network and the test message sent to the mobile computing device of the user.