System and method for accessing RSS feeds

• US 20060155698A1
• Filed: 12/28/2004
• Published: 07/13/2006
• Est. Priority Date: 12/28/2004
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: SAP AG (SAP SE)
• Original Assignee: SAP AG (SAP SE)
• Inventors: Vayssiere, Julien J.P.
• Application Number:
  US11/024,382
• Publication Number:
  US 20060155698A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/957 Browsing optimisation, e.g. caching or content distillation
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/02 based on web technology, e.g. hypertext transfer protocol [HTTP]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/55 Push-based network services
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2201/39 using speech synthesis
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2207/18 wireless networks
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 3/4872 Non-interactive information services
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 3/4938 comprising a voice browser which renders and interprets, e.g. VoiceXML
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 3/5322 for recording text messages
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 3/53366 Message disposing or creating aspects

Abstract

A technique for pushing RSS feeds onto a device allows access to feeds on devices, such as mobile phones, that are not web-enabled. In an embodiment, text messages may be sent to a mobile phone when new feed items are available. The text messages may contain relatively little information about each item because of the limited size of text messages. A recipient of a text message may reply with a text message for more information about items in which the recipient is interested. In response to the request for more information, a voice message could be placed in the recipient'"'"'s voicemail that includes the full news item, translated by a speech synthesis program.

Claims

1. A method, comprising:

obtaining a notification of a change to a website;

alerting a user to the change at the website;

receiving a reply from the user;

converting the notification of the change at the website to a voice message; and

sending the voice message to the user.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising receiving alert preferences from the user.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the alerting the user to the change at the website includes sending a text message to a mobile device.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the alerting the user to the change at the website includes sending an SMS message to a mobile device.

5. The method of claim 1, further comprising polling the website for RSS feeds.

6. The method of claim 1, further comprising pushing the voice message to a mobile device.

7. The method of claim 1, further comprising pushing the voice message to a voicemailbox associated with the user.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein the reply from the user includes a content request.

9. A method, comprising:

receiving on a mobile device an alert of changes to a website;

sending a reply to the alert from the mobile device;

obtaining, in response to the reply, a voice message describing the changes to the website.

10. The method of claim 9, wherein the alert includes a text message.

11. The method of claim 9, wherein the reply includes a text message.

12. The method of claim 9, wherein the voice message is obtained from voicemail.

13. A system, comprising:

a text gateway;

a voicemail gateway;

an aggregator for;

obtaining a notification of a change to a website;

generating an alert from the notification of the change to the website;

sending the alert to a device over the text gateway;

receiving a reply to the alert from the device;

converting the notification of the change to the website to a voice message; and

transmitting, in response to the reply, the voice message over the voicemail gateway.

14. The system of claim 13, further comprising a web interface through which a user may set preferences at the aggregator.

15. The system of claim 13, wherein the text gateway is an SMS gateway.

16. The system of claim 13, wherein the transmitting the voice message includes sending the voice message to the device.

17. The system of claim 13, wherein the transmitting the voice message includes sending the voice message to a voicemailbox.

18. The system of claim 13, further comprising a telephone system through which the aggregator communicates with the device.

19. The system of claim 13, wherein the device is a mobile device.

20. The system of claim 13, wherein the device is a cell phone.