Centralized feed manager
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1. A method comprising:
- receiving content from a plurality of sources at a central manager;
formatting, by the central manager, the content received from a source of the plurality of sources, the formatted having a form usable by a plurality of end servers;
creating, by the central manager, a transaction for the formatted content, the transaction having a common format for all of the plurality of sources and including information identifying a set of instructions for an end server in the plurality to pull the formatted content from the transaction and store the pulled content into memory;
sending, by the central manager, the transaction to the end server in the plurality of end servers.
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Abstract
A method delivering content from a plurality of sources to a plurality of end servers through a central manager is provided. The method includes receiving the content from the plurality of sources at the central manager, formatting the content to a form usable by the plurality of end servers, creating a transaction generic to the plurality of end servers where the transaction includes a reference to a set of instructions for storing the formatted content, sending the transaction to an end server in the plurality of end servers, and calling the reference to execute the set of instructions where the set of instructions store the formatted content into the memory of the end server.
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1. A method comprising:
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receiving content from a plurality of sources at a central manager; formatting, by the central manager, the content received from a source of the plurality of sources, the formatted having a form usable by a plurality of end servers; creating, by the central manager, a transaction for the formatted content, the transaction having a common format for all of the plurality of sources and including information identifying a set of instructions for an end server in the plurality to pull the formatted content from the transaction and store the pulled content into memory; sending, by the central manager, the transaction to the end server in the plurality of end servers. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A method comprising:
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receiving, by at least one central server computer, a first content from a first source; receiving, by the central server computer, a second content from a second source, wherein the first content and second content are in a different format; formatting the first and second content; creating, by the at least one central server computer and in accordance with a transaction format, a first transaction including the first formatted content and information identifying a first set of instructions to pull the first formatted content from the first transaction; creating, by the at least one central server computer and in accordance with the transaction format used for the first transaction, a second transaction including the second formatted content and information identifying a second set of instructions to pull the second formatted content from the second transaction; sending, by the central server computer, the first and second transactions to the end server. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18)
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19. A system comprising:
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a central manager comprising at least one server computer, the central manager coupled to a plurality of sources and configured to receive content from the plurality of sources; and a software process associated with the central manager, wherein the software process includes instructions for execution by the at least one server computer to format the content received from a source of the plurality of sources and create a transaction for the formatted content, the transaction having a common format for all of the plurality of sources and including information identifying a set of executable instructions for an end server in a plurality of end servers to pull the formatted content from the transaction and store the pulled content in memory; wherein the central manager is configured to send the transaction to the one or more end servers. - View Dependent Claims (20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28)
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