Patent ID: 8095552

Claim:
A method comprising: generating, by a device, a request for media data; generating, by said device, a globally unique data tag specifying hardware and software capabilities of said device; generating, by said device, a transmission package comprising said request and said globally unique data tag; transmitting, by said device to a service provider, said transmission package, wherein said service provider enables a controller device comprising a memory unit storing a media mapping and adaptation table that includes device tags, media tags, URL tags, adapted media tags, adaptation service tags, and additional device tags, wherein said service provider determines that said media data is not compatible with said hardware and software capabilities of said device based on comparing said globally unique data tag to a media tag of said media tags and a URL tag of said URL tags, wherein said media tag and said URL tag describe meta data associated with said media data, wherein said media data comprises a first format differing from an original format comprised by said media data, wherein a search is performed within said mapping and adaptation table for an adaptation service tag of said adaptation service tags to locate an appropriate service for converting the media data to a compatible format, wherein the media data is converted to executable media data comprising said compatible format, and wherein said executable media data is tagged with an adapted media tag of said adapted media tags; receiving, by said device from said service provider, said executable media data comprising a specified form of said media data, wherein said executable media data is generated based on results of said comparing said globally unique data tag to said media tag of said media tags and said URL tag of said URL tags; and executing, by said device for a user, said executable media data.