Manageable feed for distributing audio and/or video content for a specific user

• US 20080155653A1
• Filed: 12/24/2006
• Published: 06/26/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 12/24/2006
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Rawvoice, Inc.
• Original Assignee: Rawvoice, Inc.
• Inventors: Mandato, Angelo Anthony
• Application Number:
  US11/615,988
• Publication Number:
  US 20080155653A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 726/2
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/083 using passwords cryptographic mechanisms or cryptographic arrangements for entity authentication using a predetermined code H04L9/3226

Abstract

The techniques for producing a manageable collection of published audio and/or video data on Internet web servers for distribution for a specific user are provided. A user can implement managed collections of published audio and/or video on an Internet web server by interactively adding and removing specific content sources from a management console. The resulting subscription is accessible via a unique Really Simple Syndication (RSS) feed. The managed subscription is updated and returned when the uniquely identified RSS feed is accessed.

Claims

1. A method for producing a manageable feed for distributing audio and/or video content for a specific user, the method comprising:

identifying the user;

providing a management console for the identified user to manage specific content sources;

providing a unique feed location for the specific user;

generating the managed feed when the unique feed location is accessed.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the identification of the user comprises of at least one of:

a unique domain name, HTTP cookie, unique Uniform Resource Locator (URL), a user name and password, a unique identifier, an E-mail address.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the provided management console for the specified user provides a means for adding specific content sources.

4. The method of claim 3, wherein the means for adding specific content sources is provided via one of:

a web page, a software application.

5. The method of claim 4, wherein the web page includes a means for the user to add the specified content source via one of a button, an image, a web link, a Javascript function, a text box, a list box.

6. The method of claim 4, wherein the software application includes a means for the user to add specified content sources via one of a button, link, drag and drop, right mouse click, an image, a list box, a text box, a text string.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein the provided management console for the specified user provides a means for removing specific content sources.

8. The method of claim 7, wherein the means for adding specific content sources is provided via one of a web page, a software application.

9. The method of claim 8, wherein the web page includes a means for the user to remove the specified content source via one of a button, an image, a web link, a javascript function, a text box, a list box.

10. The method of claim 7, wherein the software application includes a means for the user to remove specified content sources via one of a button, link, drag and drop, right mouse click, an image, a list box, a text box, a text string.

11. The method of claim 1, wherein the provided unique feed location for the specified user comprises of at least one of a unique domain name, unique Uniform Resource Locator (URL), a user name and password, a unique identifier, an E-mail address.

12. The method of claim 1, wherein generation of the managed feed is performed when the unique feed location is accessed comprises:

the managed content sources specified by the unique feed location.

13. The method of claim 12, wherein the unique feed location comprises of at least one of a unique domain name, HTTP cookie, unique Uniform Resource Locator (URL), a user name and password, a unique identifier, an E-mail address.

14. The method of claim 13, wherein the unique feed location may require zero or more of:

a user name, a password, an E-mail address, an unique identifier, a HTTP cookie, an IP address.

15. The method of claim 1, wherein the unique feed location can be in the form of:

a web page in Hypertext Markup Language (HTML);

derivatives of HTML.

16. The method of claim 1 wherein the unique feed location can be formatted in at least one of:

Really Simple Syndication (RSS) format;

ATOM (an XML-based Web content and metadata syndication format);

Outline Processor Markup Language (OPML);

other variations of Extensible Markup Language.

17. The method of claim 1, wherein a content source may consist of:

audio data;

video data;

textual information describing the audio data;

textual information describing the video data.

18. The method of claim 17, wherein video and audio data can be located on one or more of:

a web server, personal computer connected to a network.