Afilias Technologies Limited

Deviceatlas Limited

Ronan Cremin

John Leonard

Trey Harvin

Huw Spiers

Francesco Cetraro

A method of preventing a subject communication devicefrom accessing a resource when it is determined to be counterfeit. The method involves delivering the web page component to a subject communication devicein response to a request. The web page component is adapted to retrieve actual values of a plurality of attributes from the subject communication device. Reference values of the plurality of attributes are retrieved from a device property storeand the method determines that the subject communication deviceis counterfeit when at least one of the actual values of the plurality of attributes is different to the reference value of that attribute.

Preventing counterfeit communication devices from accessing resources

An interface generatorgenerates a user interface for a mobile communication deviceby providing, at step S, a menu of functional components to a website ownerand receiving an indication of which of the functional components are selected for inclusion in the user interface from the website owner, at step S. When the interface generatorreceives a request for the user interface from the mobile communication device, at step S, it delivers the user interface to the mobile communication device, at step S, for display by the mobile communication device. The generated user interface includes the selected functional components and selection of a functional component included in the displayed user interface by a user of the mobile communication devicecauses the mobile communication deviceto carry out a task.

Server-based generation of user interfaces for delivery to mobile communication devices

A method of determining that a subject electronic deviceis counterfeit. The method involves delivering the web page component to a subject devicein response to a request. The web page component is adapted to retrieve actual values of a plurality of attributes from the subject device. Reference values of the plurality of attributes are retrieved from a device property storeand the method determined that the subject deviceis counterfeit when at least one of the actual values of the plurality of attributes is different to the reference value of that attribute.

Counterfeit electronic device detection

A transcoding system () comprises a mobile communication device () that retrieves a web resource using a mobile communication network () and the internet () via a transcoder (). The web resource may comprise a web page specifically encoded for the mobile communication device (). To locate the web page, the mobile communication device () sends a request comprising an internet domain name having a top level domain and one or more other elements. The transcoder () generates further internet domain names that share the one or more further elements. The transcoder () then determines which of the web resources identified by the one or more further internet domain names is most appropriate for the mobile communication device () and provides this web resource to the mobile communication device ().

Providing mobile versions of web resources

A transcoding system () comprises a mobile communication device () that retrieves a web resource from a web server () using a mobile communication network () and the internet () via a transcoder (). The transcoder () transcodes the web resource before delivering it to the mobile communication device (). The process of transcoding the web page is carried out based on style sheet classes and/or meta tags in the web page. This allows a web site owner () to control the actions of the transcoder () in transcoding the web page.

Transcoder hinting

A transcoding system comprises a mobile communication device that retrieves a web resource using a mobile communication network and the internet via a transcoder. The web resource may comprise a web page intended for use by personal computers (PCs) stored at a web server. The mobile communication device sends a request to the transcoder for the web page, the request including a first URL. In one embodiment, the transcoder recognizes the first URL as relating to a web page on a transcode list. Accordingly, the transcoder retrieves a web page using a second URL based on the first URL according to a mapping record. The transcoder then transcodes the retrieved web page and sends the transcoded web page to the mobile communication device. In another embodiment, the transcoder does not recognize the first URL and instead removes the top level domain of the first URL to generate a truncated URL. The transcoder then retrieves web resources using the truncated URL and variations thereof and, based on an analysis of the web resources retrieved, sends the web resource most likely to be appropriate for the mobile communication device to the device.

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Dublin, Ireland

Ronan Cremin