Helen M Ma

US Patent:

20090005087, Jan 1, 2009

Filed:

Jun 28, 2007

Appl. No.:

11/770459

Inventors:

Stephane Lunati - Fremont CA, US
Ken Goto - San Francisco CA, US
John Martin - Atherton CA, US
May-Li Khoe - San Francisco CA, US
Helen Ma - Cupertino CA, US

International Classification:

H04Q 7/20

US Classification:

455466

Abstract:

Providing information to a mobile device can include receiving a translation request from a mobile device, wherein the translation request includes a resource locator identifying information in a native format; accessing the information identified by the resource locator, wherein the information is retrieved from a local cache if available and otherwise is retrieved from a source associated with the resource locator; translating at least a portion of the information identified by the resource locator to generate a translated file in a supported format; and transmitting the translated file to the mobile device. Further, the information retrieved from a source associated with the resource locator can be stored in the local cache. Additionally, the information identified by the resource locator can be cleared from the local cache after a predetermined amount of time.