Podcast organization and usage at a computing device
First Claim
1. A method of storing information associated with a podcast, comprising:
- receiving a podcast, the podcast having podcast metadata content and podcast media content;
parsing the podcast metadata content; and
storing information associated with the podcast corresponding to the parsed podcast metadata content.
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Abstract
Improved techniques that facilitate the use of podcasts are disclosed. The improved techniques can pertain to publishing, hosting, accessing, subscribing, managing, organizing, searching, browsing, transferring, and/or playing podcasts. According to one aspect, tags are embedded into syndication feeds (e.g., RSS feeds) that may be made available for distribution by an online media store to facilitate the management of podcasts. In accordance with one embodiment, an explicit tag may be embedded at the feed and/or episode level to indicate that the feed and/or episode includes explicit content. In accordance with another embodiment, a duration tag may be embedded at the episode level to indicate an estimated duration associated with the episode. Upon downloading the episode, the duration may be replaced by the actual duration of the episode. In accordance with yet another embodiment, a new feed-URL tag may be embedded in a syndication feed to identify a new URL at which the feed is to be accessed.
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59 Claims
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1. A method of storing information associated with a podcast, comprising:
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receiving a podcast, the podcast having podcast metadata content and podcast media content; parsing the podcast metadata content; and storing information associated with the podcast corresponding to the parsed podcast metadata content.
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2. A method of storing information associated with a podcast, comprising:
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receiving a podcast, the podcast having podcast metadata content and podcast media content; parsing the podcast metadata content to ascertain whether the podcast media content includes explicit content; and storing information associated with the podcast corresponding to the parsed metadata content at a server associated with a web site. - View Dependent Claims (3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A method of downloading a podcast, comprising:
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receiving a podcast, the podcast having podcast metadata content and podcast media content; parsing the podcast metadata content to ascertain whether the podcast media content includes explicit content; and storing information associated with the podcast corresponding to the parsed metadata content. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31)
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32. A method of processing a podcast, comprising:
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receiving a podcast, the podcast having podcast metadata content and podcast media content; parsing the podcast metadata content to ascertain an approximate duration of at least a portion of the podcast media content; and storing information associated with the podcast corresponding to the parsed podcast metadata content such that the approximate duration of the at least a portion of the podcast media content is associated with the corresponding podcast media content. - View Dependent Claims (33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39)
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40. A method of processing a podcast, comprising:
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receiving a podcast, the podcast having podcast metadata content and podcast media content; parsing the podcast metadata content to identify at least one new-feed-URL tag; and storing information associated with the podcast corresponding to the parsed podcast metadata content such that a new URL associated with each new-feed-URL tag is identified. - View Dependent Claims (41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54)
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55. A method of modifying a media file associated with a podcast, comprising:
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receiving a podcast, the podcast having podcast metadata content and podcast media content; parsing the podcast metadata content to ascertain whether the podcast media content includes explicit content; and providing information associated with the podcast corresponding to the parsed metadata content in at least one media file associated with the podcast. - View Dependent Claims (56, 57, 58, 59)
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