Syndicating multimedia information with RSS

• US 20060129907A1
• Filed: 12/01/2005
• Published: 06/15/2006
• Est. Priority Date: 12/03/2004
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Oath Inc. (Verizon Communications Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Oath Inc. (Verizon Communications Inc.)
• Inventors: Thrall, John J., Volk, Andrew R., Hall, David D.
• Application Number:
  US11/291,401
• Publication Number:
  US 20060129907A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 715/201
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/48 Retrieval characterised by using metadata, e.g. metadata not derived from the content or metadata generated manually
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/958 Organisation or management of web site content, e.g. publishing, maintaining pages or automatic linking
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/986 Document structures and storage, e.g. HTML extensions
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 40/143 Markup, e.g. Standard Generalized Markup Language [SGML] or Document Type Definition [DTD]
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 40/169 Annotation, e.g. comment data or footnotes

Abstract

System and method for adding descriptive information to a Real Simple Syndication (RSS) document. The descriptive information describes the content of media objects syndicated through the document. The descriptive information can be used to provided additional information to a subscriber, and can be used in searching for syndicated media content.

Claims

1. An electronic document comprising:

a first element written in a computer language, the language comprising a real simple syndication syntax, the element identifying a media object; and

a second element, written in the computer language and parsable by a real simple syndication aggregator, the second element comprising,

descriptive information, the descriptive information being related to the media object'"'"'s content, and

a predefined tag that identifies a predefined type of the descriptive information.

2. The electronic document of claim 1, wherein the second element further comprises legal information that sets forth an intellectual property right associated with the media object.

3. The electronic document of claim 1, wherein the descriptive information comprises a keyword that describes the media object'"'"'s content.

4. The electronic document of claim 1, wherein the descriptive information identifies an image that describes the media object.

5. The electronic document of claim 1, wherein the descriptive information is a universal resource identifier that identifies an image associated with the media object.

6. The electronic document of claim 1, wherein the descriptive information comprises a taxonomy of the media object, wherein the taxonomy of the media object is used to categorize the media object.

7. The electronic document of claim 1, wherein the descriptive information comprises at least one entity that contributed to the creation of the media object.

8. The electronic document of claim 1, wherein the descriptive information comprises a text transcript of the words embodied in the media object.

9. The electronic document of claim 1, wherein the descriptive information comprises a bitrate.

10. The electronic document of claim 1, wherein the descriptive information comprises information identifying any one or more than one of an actor'"'"'s role, a title, a cast, an artist, a director, a producer, a studio, a publisher, an album or a year associated with the media object.

11. The electronic document of claim 1, wherein the first element identifies the media object via a universal resource identifier.

12. The electronic document of claim 1, wherein the second element identifies the media object via a universal resource identifier.

13. The electronic document of claim 1, further comprising a namespace declaration.

14. The electronic document of claim 1, wherein the tag has a syntax comprising a less than symbol, a namespace, a colon, the predefined type and a greater than symbol.

15. The electronic document of claim 14, wherein the tag comprises the following syntax <

media;

content>

.

16. The electronic document of claim 14, wherein the tag comprises the following syntax <

media;

category>

.

17. The electronic document of claim 14, wherein the tag further comprises an attribute.

18. The electronic document of claim 1, wherein the second element is a sub-element of the first element.

19. The electronic document of claim 1, wherein the first element is an enclosure element.

20. The electronic document of claim 1, wherein at least one of the first element and the second element further comprises at least one attribute, the attribute comprising the descriptive information.

21. A computer application, comprising computer code defining at least one routine, the at least one routine being operable to render an electronic document, the electronic document comprising:

a first element written in a computer language, the language comprising a real simple syndication syntax, the element identifying a media object; and

a second element, written in the computer language and parsable by a real simple syndication aggregator, the second element comprising,

descriptive information, the descriptive information being related to the media object'"'"'s content, and

a predefined tag that identifies a predefined type of the descriptive information.

22. The computer application of claim 21, wherein the second element further comprises legal information that sets forth an intellectual property right associated with the media object.

23. The computer application of claim 21, wherein the computer application is a real simple syndication aggregator.

24. The computer application of claim 21, wherein the computer application is a browser.

25. The computer application of claim 21, wherein if a pointer is positioned over a rendered element, the computer application renders an additional user perceptible object.

26. The computer application of claim 25, wherein the additional user perceptible object is a window overlaid over the rendered element, the window comprising the descriptive information.

27. The computer application of claim 21, wherein the computer application is an extension to a second computer application.

28. The computer application of claim 27, wherein the extension is a media player plugin.

29. A system for syndicating media comprising:

a syndicating computer, the syndicating computer being operable to transmit to a user computer an electronic document comprising,

a first element written in a computer language, the language comprising a real simple syndication syntax, the element identifying a media object; and

a second element, written in the computer language and parsable by a real simple syndication aggregator, the second element comprising,

descriptive information, the descriptive information being related to the media object'"'"'s content, and

a predefined tag that identifies a predefined type of the descriptive information.

30. The system of claim 29, wherein the second element further comprises legal information that sets forth an intellectual property right associated with the media object.

31. A method of syndicating media comprising:

transmitting an electronic document to a computer, the electronic document comprising,

a first element written in a computer language, the language comprising a real simple syndication syntax, the element identifying a media object; and

a second element, written in the computer language and parsable by a real simple syndication aggregator, the second element comprising,

descriptive information, the descriptive information being related to the media object'"'"'s content, and

a predefined tag that identifies a predefined type of the descriptive information.

32. The method of claim 31, wherein the second element further comprises legal information that sets forth an intellectual property right associated with the media object.

33. The method of claim 32, wherein the first element identifies the media object via a universal resource identifier, and wherein the universal resource identifier further identifies a media player, the media player being operable to render the media object into a user perceptible form, the method further comprising:

receiving at least some part of the universal resource identifier; and

transmitting the media object to the media player.

34. A method of searching media comprising:

searching descriptive information within an electronic document comprising,

a first element written in a computer language, the language comprising a real simple syndication syntax, the element identifying a media object; and

a second element, written in the computer language and parsable by a real simple syndication aggregator, the second element comprising,

descriptive information, the descriptive information being related to the media object'"'"'s content, and

a predefined tag that identifies a predefined type of the descriptive information.

35. The method of claim 34, wherein the second element further comprises legal information that sets forth an intellectual property right associated with the media object.

36. The method of claim 34, further comprising:

receiving a search request from a user, the search request comprising a search term;

searching a database of electronic documents; and

returning at least one search result to the user.

37. The method of claim 36, wherein the at least one search result identifies a media object associated with a real simple syndication document.

38. The method of claim 36, wherein search results are sorted based on the descriptive information.