Abstract: A system and method responsive to context information includes a client device and a module associated with the client device, which accesses static or dynamic context information about a condition of the client device or the environment of the client device. A collector collects context information from the at least one module. A server is accessible by the client device, receives the context information from the client device and passes the context information to a server presentation manager. The presentation manager uses the client context information to modify a normally generated response in a way that adapts a response sent to the client device in accordance with the context information.

Abstract: Improved discovery techniques are provided. For example, in one aspect of the invention, a technique for making providers of a particular kind of data available to an application program includes the following steps/operations. The technique discovers whether one or more data providers are capable of providing the particular kind of data, wherein a discovered data provider is either a connected data provider or a virtual data provider. When a data provider capable of providing the particular kind of data is discovered and the discovered data provider is a virtual data provider, the technique instantiates the virtual data provider. When a data provider capable of providing the particular kind of data is discovered, the technique makes a data-provider handle for the discovered data provider available to the application program, with a common interface.

Abstract: Methods, systems and computer program products which provide for communicating with a web browser executing on a remote/mobile processing system which is temporarily and intermittently connected to a second computer by storing in a persistent request queue at the second computer, a request from the web browser to a server application accessible to the second computer. Also disclosed are methods, systems and computer program products which allow for operation and management of asynchronous operations of a web browser where the operations are carried out by a server-side intercept module.