Patent ID: 6880014

Claim:
A method for manipulating information retrieved from a content server on a computer network, said method comprising: connecting an intermediary machine between a user device and a web content server; receiving information from the web content server at the intermediary machine, said intermediary machine having access to a plurality of transcoders and a directive script database; transcoding in the intermediary machine the received information from the web content server into a transcoded response by at least one of the plurality of transcoders according to at least one directive script from the directive script database, wherein said at least one directive script selectively defines at least one transcoding property of at least one transcoder within the plurality of transcoders; directing, according to the at least one directive script, which of said at least one transcoder are to be run; directing, according to the at least one directive script, what order said at least one transcoder are to be run; and sending the transcoded response to the user device.