System and method for distributed content transformation

Abstract

A distributed transformation network provides delivery of content from a content publisher to a content recipient. Content from the content publisher is received at an entry node of the distributed transformation network and transmitted to a transformation node in the distributed transformation network. The content is transformed according to publisher, recipient or network administrator specifications and transmitting to delivery nodes which deliver the transformed content to the content recipient. The published content may be in an XML-based format and transformed into an XML-related format or any other structured language format as desired in the provided specification.

1 . A method comprising:
 receiving content from a content publisher, the content being in an XML-based format; and   generating, via a processor, modified content in the XML-based format by adding data to the content based on a specification that is associated with at least one of a best-effort basis for delivery of the content and a guaranteed basis for delivery of the content.   
     
     
         2 . The method of  claim 1 , further comprising transmitting the modified content to a content recipient. 
     
     
         3 . The method of  claim 2 , wherein the content recipient is the content publisher. 
     
     
         4 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein the specification is at least partially written in an XML transformation language. 
     
     
         5 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein the specification is further based on at least one of an on-demand transformation and a transformation as content is received. 
     
     
         6 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein the XML-based format is one of WML, NetML, and ebXML. 
     
     
         7 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein the specification is associated with at least one of the following: security parameters, physical capabilities of a recipient device, and logical software capabilities of the recipient device. 
     
     
         8 . A system comprising:
 a processor; and   a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing instructions which, when executed on the processor, perform a method comprising:
 receiving content from a content publisher, the content being in an XML-based format; and 
 generating modified content in the XML-based format by adding data to the content based on a specification that is associated with at least one of a best-effort basis for delivery of the content and a guaranteed basis for delivery of the content. 
   
     
     
         9 . The system of  claim 8 , the instructions further causing the method to comprise transmitting the modified content to a content recipient. 
     
     
         10 . The system of  claim 9 , wherein the content recipient is the content publisher. 
     
     
         11 . The system of  claim 9 , wherein the specification is at least partially written in an XML transformation language. 
     
     
         12 . The system of  claim 9 , wherein the specification is further based on at least one of an on-demand transformation and a transformation as content is received. 
     
     
         13 . The system of  claim 9 , wherein the XML-based format is one of WML, NetML, and ebXML. 
     
     
         14 . The system of  claim 9 , wherein the specification is associated with at least one of the following: security parameters, physical capabilities of a recipient device, and logical software capabilities of the recipient device. 
     
     
         15 . A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing instructions which, when executed by a computing device, cause the computing device to perform steps comprising:
 receiving content from a content publisher, the content being in an XML-based format; and   generating modified content in the XML-based format by adding data to the content based on a specification that is associated with at least one of a best-effort basis for delivery of the content and a guaranteed basis for delivery of the content.   
     
     
         16 . The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of  claim 15 , the steps further comprising transmitting the modified content to a content recipient. 
     
     
         17 . The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of  claim 15 , wherein the content recipient is the content publisher. 
     
     
         18 . The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of  claim 15 , wherein the specification is at least partially written in an XML transformation language. 
     
     
         19 . The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of  claim 15 , wherein the specification is further based on at least one of an on-demand transformation and a transformation as content is received. 
     
     
         20 . The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of  claim 15 , wherein the XML-based format is one of WML, NetML, and ebXML.