Podcasting having inserted content distinct from the podcast content

• US 20070027958A1
• Filed: 12/19/2005
• Published: 02/01/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 07/29/2005
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I LP (AT&T, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Bellsouth Intellectual Property Corporation (AT&T, Inc.)
• Inventors: Haslam, David
• Granted Patent: US 9,508,077 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 709/217
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/02 Marketing; Price estimation or determination; Fundraising
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0241 Advertisements
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/02 based on web technology, e.g. hypertext transfer protocol [HTTP]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/06 specially adapted for file transfer, e.g. file transfer protocol [FTP]
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/23424 involving splicing one content stream with another content stream, e.g. for inserting or substituting an advertisement
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/458 Scheduling content for creating a personalised stream, e.g. by combining a locally stored advertisement with an incoming stream; Updating operations, e.g. for OS modules ; time-related management operations arrangements for replacing or switching information during the broadcast or during the distribution H04H20/10

Abstract

Disclosed herein are systems, devices, and methods for providing a podcast file that has inserted content that is distinct from the content of the podcast. A remote server provides a web page to a subscriber computing device via a network, and a subscriber computing device transmits a podcast file to the remote server via the network. The remote server inserts content into the podcast file and provides the podcast file along with the inserted content for access from the web page. The remote server transmits the podcast file along with the inserted content responsive to requests from the subscriber computing devices. The subscriber computing devices can process and play the podcast content along with the inserted content from the remote server.

Claims

1. A remote server for providing podcast content and content distinct from the podcast content, comprising:

a network connection;

storage including podcasting content and content distinct from the podcasting content;

a processor that receives the podcast content, inserts content distinct from the podcasting content within the podcast content, and provides the podcast content along with the inserted content distinct from the podcasting content via the network connection upon receiving a request.

2. The remote server of claim 1, wherein the processor provides a web page to a subscriber computing device via the network connection.

3. The remote server of claim 2, further comprising a podcast database that stores the podcast content within a podcast file.

4. The remote server of claim 1, wherein the processor receives the podcast content from a podcast database of a podcast host server.

5. The remote server of claim 2, wherein the processor provides an identification of the podcast content on the web page, wherein the identification includes a link for a subscriber to click on and request the podcast content from the remote server.

6. A method for providing a podcast file that has an advertisement, comprising:

providing a web page via a network connection;

receiving a podcast file;

inserting content distinct from content of the podcast file within the podcast file;

providing the podcast file on the web page with an associated link; and

transmitting the podcast file along with the inserted content responsive to receiving a request from the provided web page.

7. The method of claim 6, further comprising storing the podcast file including the inserted content in a podcast database.

8. The method of claim 6, further comprising storing the podcast file separately from the inserted content and wherein inserting the content occurs after having received the request.

9. The method of claim 7, wherein providing the web page is performed by a podcast host server, wherein podcasts from the podcast database are accessed by the podcast host server.

10. The method of claim 9, wherein providing the web page is performed by way of a network provider server that receives the podcast files from the podcast database of the podcast host server.

11. The method of claim 6, further comprising providing an identification of the podcast file on the web page for a subscriber to click on and request for the podcast file from the remote server.

12. A computer readable medium having a computer program for presenting podcasts, the program comprising:

logic for providing a web page via a network connection;

logic for receiving a podcast file via the network connection;

logic for inserting content distinct from content of the podcast into the podcast file;

logic for storing the podcast file in a podcast database;

logic for providing the podcast file on the web page with an associated link; and

logic for transmitting the podcast file along with the inserted content responsive to receiving a request via the network connection.

13. The computer readable medium of claim 12, wherein the logic for providing the web page is performed by a podcast host server.

14. The computer readable medium of claim 13, wherein the podcast file from the podcast database is stored in the podcast host server.

15. The computer readable medium of claim 13, wherein the logic for providing the web page is performed by a network provider server that receives the podcast file from the podcast database of a podcast host server.

16. The computer readable medium of claim 12, further comprising logic for providing an identification of the podcast file on the web page for a subscriber to click on and generate the request.