User defined components for content syndication

• US 20070094156A1
• Filed: 09/28/2005
• Published: 04/26/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 09/28/2005
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing LLC (Microsoft Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
• Inventors: Isaacs, Scott
• Granted Patent: US 7,512,569 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 706/2
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/451 Execution arrangements for user interfaces

Abstract

A behavior is associated with a syndicated feed. The syndicated feed is associated with a content page, and provided from a server over a network. The syndicated feed may be an RSS feed or some other type of syndicated feed associated with a content page. The feed is accessed by an application and then associated with the behavior. The feed with the associated behavior is then provided to a user through an interface. A binding can be used to associate a behavior with a feed. The binding may include resources, scripts and other bindings, all of which may be distributed over a system or network.

Claims

1. A method for providing a feed, comprising:

accessing syndicated feed data;

associating the syndicated feed data with behavior data; and

providing the syndicated feed data and associated behavior data to be displayed in an interface.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

identifying behavior data associated with the syndicated feed data.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein said step of identifying behavior data includes:

calling a behavior object identified in the syndicated feed data; and

instantiating the behavior object.

4. The method of claim 2, wherein said step of identifying behavior data includes:

detecting an XML file in the syndicated feed data, the XML file including one or more resources; and

retrieving the one or more resources.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the syndicated feed data is an RSS feed.

6. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

parsing the syndicated feed data;

retrieving behavior data referenced by the syndicated feed data.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein said step of associating the syndicated feed data includes:

retrieving a list of behavior data sets;

selecting one of the behavior data sets in response to user input; and

formatting the syndicated feed data using the selected behavior data sets.

8. A system for providing a notification over a network, comprising:

a server able to send and receive information over a network, the server including;

a processor; and

a storage device, the storage device able to store syndicated content data, the syndicated content data including behavior data, the behavior data able to be processed to provide a format for providing the syndicated content data, the server able to transmit the syndicated content data over the network.

9. The system of claim 8, wherein the behavior data includes a call to a behavior object.

10. The system of claim 8, wherein the behavior data includes an XML file.

11. The system of claim 8, wherein the syndicated content data is an RSS feed.

12. The system of claim 8, further comprising:

a second server, the behavior data including a call to a resource, the second server including the resource.

13. One or more processor readable storage devices having processor readable code embodied on said processor readable storage devices, said processor readable code for programming one or more processors to perform a method comprising:

receiving a syndicated feed;

retrieving resources associated with the syndicated feed; and

processing the syndicated feed to be displayed in a format derived from the resources.

14. The one or more processor readable storage devices according to claim 13, wherein said step of retrieving resources includes:

identifying a behavior object in response to processing the syndicated feed; and

retrieving resources associated with the behavior object.

15. The one or more processor readable storage devices according to claim 14, wherein processing the syndicated feed includes parsing the syndicated feed.

16. The one or more processor readable storage devices according to claim 14, wherein said step of processing the syndicated feed includes instantiating the behavior object.

17. The one or more processor readable storage devices according to claim 13, wherein said step of retrieving resources includes:

identifying behavior code within the syndicated feed, the behavior code referencing one or more resources associated with a behavior; and

retrieving the resources referenced in the behavior code.

18. The one or more processor readable storage devices according to claim 17, wherein the behavior code includes XML.

19. The one or more processor readable storage devices according to claim 13, wherein retrieving resources includes:

accessing a behavior in response to user input;

20. The one or more processor readable storage devices according to claim 19, wherein the behavior is accessed remotely.