Virtualization of mobile device user experience

Abstract

A device virtualization service (DVS) is provided that uses a generalized thick client resident on a mobile device to provide user interface generation support to a myriad of services providing mobile device content. The DVS abstracts device specifics from services to provide device independent user experiences to be described by the service and then rendered on the device.

What is claimed is: 
     
         1 . A computer-implemented method for providing a user interface for a networked service on a mobile device, comprising:
 providing a generalized thick client to a mobile device, wherein the generalized thick client is configured to provide a user interface on the mobile device for networked services;   receiving a request for data from the mobile device;   requesting the data from a service provider, wherein the data received from the service provider is device independent;   compiling the data from the service provider into an optimized format; and   responding to the device with the optimized formatted data.