Methods and apparatus for identifying and facilitating a social interaction structure over a data packet network
First Claim
1. A software suite for managing the publishing and consumption of information and payload data across one or more transport protocols supported by a data-packet-network comprising:
- a posting application for publishing the information and payload data; and
a consuming application for accessing and consuming the information and payload data;
characterized in that the posting application enables posting of information that is consumable separately from the payload data wherein the information richly describes the payload data including provision of instructions for sampling the payload data before consuming the payload data.
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Abstract
A software suite for managing the publishing and consumption of information and payload data across one or more transport protocols supported by a data-packet-network includes a posting application for publishing the information and payload data, and a consuming application for accessing and consuming the information and payload data. In a preferred embodiment the posting application enables posting of information that is consumable separately from the payload data wherein the information richly describes the payload data including provision of instructions for sampling the payload data before consuming the payload data.
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46 Claims
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1. A software suite for managing the publishing and consumption of information and payload data across one or more transport protocols supported by a data-packet-network comprising:
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a posting application for publishing the information and payload data; and
a consuming application for accessing and consuming the information and payload data;
characterized in that the posting application enables posting of information that is consumable separately from the payload data wherein the information richly describes the payload data including provision of instructions for sampling the payload data before consuming the payload data. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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18. A language model for defining social interaction conducted over a data-packet-network between two or more network clients comprising:
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a first portion for defining a group of interactors engaging in the social interaction;
a second portion depending from the first portion, the second portion for defining communications services allowed for the group interactions;
a third portion depending from the second portion, the third portion for defining media types allowed during group interactions;
a fourth portion depending from the third portion the fourth portion for defining media and message payload content transferred between interactors during the social interaction; and
a fifth portion depending from the second portion, the fifth portion for identifying each of the interactors;
characterized in that the language model is expressed on the network as one or a set of markup language documents portions of which may be propagated over the network transparently between stations of the interactors, the documents packaged and embedded in an application service layer of the network using relevant and existing transport protocols supported on that network. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 45, 46)
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30. A method for publishing a series of media files for consumption over a data-packet-network using a mark-up language generator comprising steps of:
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(a) initiating a publishing task from an application adapted for publishing the media files of type;
(b) identifying the media files for publishing;
(c) confirming attributes for publishing the series;
(d) optionally, adding user commentary associating said commentary to relevant files or to the series; and
(e) invoking the markup language generator to produce the files or messages published. - View Dependent Claims (31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44)
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