Techniques to automatically syndicate content over a network

• US 10,075,546 B2
• Filed: 10/10/2016
• Issued: 09/11/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 12/17/2008
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing LLC (Microsoft Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing LLC (Microsoft Corporation)
• Inventors: Stich, Christian E., Howell, Gareth, Davis, Tristan, Parish, Dan, Megiddo, Eran, Der, Sherman, Rambharack, Jeff
• Primary Examiner(s): JEAN GILLES, JUDE
• Application Number:
  US15/289,358
• Publication Number:
  US 20170126827A1
• Time in Patent Office: 701 Days
• Field of Search: 709203, 709229, 709201, 709206
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/958 Organisation or management of web site content, e.g. publishing, maintaining pages or automatic linking
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/01 Protocols
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/10 in which an application is distributed across nodes in the network software deployment G06F8/60; multiprogramming arrangements G06F9/46
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/1097 for distributed storage of data in networks, e.g. transport arrangements for network file system [NFS], storage area networks [SAN] or network attached storage [NAS]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/55 Push-based network services

Abstract

Techniques to automatically syndicate content over a network are described. An apparatus may comprise a client computer having a processing system with a processor and computer-readable medium. The computer readable medium may store program instructions for a syndication manager component communicatively coupled to a content producing component arranged to be executed by the processor. The syndication manager component may be operative to receive syndication content from the content producing component, and provide a syndication dialog through the content producing component to syndicate the syndication content using a content delivery platform. The syndication manager component may also syndicate the syndication content to form a syndication resource accessible from the content delivery platform over a network using a syndication referent. Other embodiments are described and claimed.

Claims

1. A method, comprising:

receiving syndication content from a content producing component arranged for execution by a client computer;

providing a syndication dialog through the content producing component to syndicate the syndication content using a content delivery platform; and

syndicating the syndication content to form a syndication resource accessible from the content delivery platform over a network using a syndication referent.

2. The method of claim 1, comprising receiving the syndication referent arranged to provide access to the syndication resource from the content delivery platform.

3. The method of claim 1, comprising modifying the syndication content stored by the content delivery platform as the syndication resource using the syndication dialog, the modifying operations comprising republishing, updating or removing the syndication content.

4. The method of claim 1, comprising receiving a control directive from a content producer to initiate the syndication dialog through the content producing component.

5. The method of claim 1, comprising generating an operator account for a content producer with the content delivery platform for use in syndicating the syndication content by the content delivery platform.

6. The method of claim 1, comprising receiving a control directive to select an operator account for a content producer with the content delivery platform for use in syndicating the syndication content by the content delivery platform.

7. The method of claim 1, comprising performing authentication operations to access the content delivery platform through the content producing component.

8. The method of claim 1, comprising translating the syndication content from a first format to a second format suitable for syndication by the content delivery platform.

9. The method of claim 1, comprising sending syndication control parameters to control syndication operations performed by the content delivery platform from the content producing component.

10. An article of manufacture comprising a storage medium containing instructions that when executed by a processor enable a system to:

receive syndication content from a content producing component;

provide a syndication dialog through the content producing component to syndicate the syndication content using a content delivery platform;

syndicate the syndication content to form a syndication resource accessible from the content delivery platform over a network using a syndication referent; and

publish the syndication referent using a publishing application.

11. The article of manufacture of claim 10, further comprising instructions that when executed by the processor enable the system to receive the syndication referent arranged to provide access to the syndication resource from the content delivery platform, the syndication referent representing a link to the syndication resource accessible from the content delivery platform, the syndication referent comprising a uniform resource identifier, a uniform resource locator, a uniform resource name, executable software code, or a combination thereof.

12. The article of manufacture of claim 10, further comprising instructions that when executed by the processor enable the system to receive a control directive from a content producer to initiate the syndication dialog through the content producing component, and generate an operator account for the content producer with the content delivery platform for use in syndicating the syndication content by the content delivery platform, or receive a control directive to select an operator account for the content producer with the content delivery platform when already generated.

13. The article of manufacture of claim 10, further comprising instructions that when executed by the processor enable the system to perform authentication operations to access the content delivery platform through the content producing component, translate the syndication content from a first format to a second format suitable for syndication by the content delivery platform, and send syndication control parameters to control syndication operations performed by the content delivery platform from the content producing component to the content delivery platform.

14. A computer-implemented method, comprising:

accessing syndication content stored by an application program for storing syndication content;

displaying a syndication interface, through the application program, the interface including a plurality of options for syndicating the syndication content;

generating a syndication referent for the syndication content; and

publishing the syndication referent to a publication platform based on the plurality of options in the syndication interface.

15. The computer-implemented method of claim 14, further comprising receiving a control directive from a content producer to initiate the syndication interface through the application program.

16. The computer-implemented method of claim 14, generating an operator account for a content producer with the publication platform for use in publishing the syndication referent.

17. The computer-implemented method of claim 14, further comprising performing authentication operations to access the publication platform through application program.

18. The computer-implemented method of claim 14, further comprising sending syndication control parameters to control syndication operations performed by the publication platform.

19. The computer-implemented method of claim 14, wherein the plurality of options include an option for selecting the publication platform from a plurality of publication platforms.

20. The computer-implemented method of claim 14, wherein the syndication referent comprises a uniform resource identifier, a uniform resource locator, a uniform resource name, executable software code, or a combination thereof.