Thanks zev. I am going for that unique page idea whereby I know that it is
the
iAppli which is connecting.
I was looking for some identifier if available which would tell me that the
connection
is being made thru an Appli or a CHTML page request.
Nonetheless your solution is fair enough and thanks for that.
Regards
Manish
www.imodeindia.com
----- Original Message -----
From: "Zev Blut" <zev@atc.yamatake.co.jp>
To: <keitai-l@appelsiini.net>
Sent: Monday, August 06, 2001 11:13 AM
Subject: (keitai-l) Re: Detecting whether Imode browser or iAppli
> Hello,
> I am not sure as to what you mean when you say the person is accessing
your
> site using an i-appli.
> Do you mean that you want to know if the person is accessing your site
with
> an i-appli that is acting
> as a cHTML browser (like Hanpake) ?
>
> If that is the case, you can most likely guess that it is an i-appli
because
> the ip address it is coming from is
> not NTT DoCoMo's gateway. This assumes the situation where it is Hanpake
> and they have a proxy that then
> accesses your page.
>
> If you are developing an i-appli and you want to differentiate from
someone
> using your i-appli instead of
> a browser then it is fairly simple. One solution is to have the i-appli
> always access a page unique to the site,
> thus when you see this page being accessed you can make a fair assumption
> that it is an i-appli.
> Even better is to have the i-appli post or URL encode some type of
> identifier when it accesses your site, then
> you always know it is an i-appli (assuming someone is not trying to spoof
an
> i-appli access because they know your
> identifier).
>
> The short answer is that there is no built in way of knowing if a user is
> coming from the browser instead of an i-appli.
> Well except for if you always use the "utn" tag to get the user's unique
id
> (as far as I know this can only be used from the browser), but that idea
> would only work after they have accessed your first page.
>
> There are many more ways of doing this and depending upon you problem
> probably even better ways. I hope this
> gives you some ideas.
>
> Zev
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Manish Prabhune" <applet_graphics@yahoo.com>
> To: <keitai-l@appelsiini.net>
> Sent: Monday, August 06, 2001 10:45 AM
> Subject: (keitai-l) Detecting whether Imode browser or iAppli
>
>
> > Hello all,
> >
> > Question :
> > A user is accessing my site with his 503 phone. Now I want to push
content
> > to him
> > depending on whether he is using an iAppli or his imode CHTML browser.
> >
> > How would I know what is he connecting from? The HTTP header would just
> tell
> > me
> > that it is a 503 phone and not whether he is using an iAppli or a CHTML
> > browser.
> > Answers or any help would be appreciated.
> >
> > Regards,
> > Manish
> > www.imodeindia.com
> >
> >
> >
> >
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