US 7,564,856 B2
Method and system for network access over a low bandwidth link
Chaim Bendelac, Kfar-Saba (Israel); Ran M. Bittmann, Tel-Aviv (Israel); and Kobi Samburski, Herzliya (Israel)
Assigned to Cisco Technology, Inc., San Jose, Calif. (US)
Filed on Sep. 21, 2004, as Appl. No. 10/947,457.
Application 10/947457 is a continuation of application No. 08/948534, filed on Oct. 09, 1997, granted, now 6,845,102.
Prior Publication US 2005/0122997 A1, Jun. 09, 2005
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. H04L 12/28 (2006.01); H04J 3/16 (2006.01)
U.S. Cl. 370—401  [370/465] 76 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method for accessing content during a communication session between a client terminal and a content provider, the method comprising:
identifying, using an intermediary component located between the client terminal and the content provider, configuration information on the client terminal, the configuration information specifying a physical display parameter of the client terminal;
forwarding a request for content received at the intermediary component from the client terminal to the content provider;
retrieving from the content provider a data set responsive to the request in accordance with the physical display parameter of the client terminal set forth in the configuration information, the retrieving performed using the intermediary component;
after retrieving the data set, filtering the data set at the intermediary component to reduce the amount of display information contained in the data set; and
transmitting the filtered data set from the intermediary component to the client terminal.