Customized subscription builder
First Claim
1. A method of selectively subscribing to content in a computing environment, comprising steps of:
- enabling a user to identify content of interest, wherein a provider of the content has not provided a subscription interface thereto; and
registering a subscription, for the user, to the identified content.
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Abstract
Techniques are disclosed for enabling end users to selectively subscribe to information content, without requiring the content provider to provide a subscription interface. A user preferably views a content source (such as a Web page) in a Web clipper, and selects content of interest. In preferred embodiments, the user'"'"'s selection are then communicated to a component which transcodes them into a markup language document, and this document is used to create a set of one or more conditions to use when evaluating whether a subsequent version of the original content is of interest to this subscribing user. The conditions are preferably registered with a content matching component, and one or more actions to be taken upon a successful match are also stored for use at the time of the subsequent content evaluation.
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1. A method of selectively subscribing to content in a computing environment, comprising steps of:
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enabling a user to identify content of interest, wherein a provider of the content has not provided a subscription interface thereto; and
registering a subscription, for the user, to the identified content. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
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7. A system for selectively subscribing to content in a networking environment, further comprising:
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means for receiving an identification of content of interest to a user, wherein a provider of the content has not provided a subscription interface thereto; and
means for registering a subscription, for the user, to updates of the identified content. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9)
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10. A computer program product for selectively subscribing to content in a networking environment, the computer program product embodied on one or more computer-readable media and comprising:
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computer-readable program code means for receiving an identification of content of interest to a user, wherein a provider of the content has not provided a subscription interface thereto; and
computer-readable program code means for registering a subscription, for the user, to updates of the identified content. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12)
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