Portal-based podcast development

• US 8,495,500 B2
• Filed: 05/31/2006
• Issued: 07/23/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 05/31/2006
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Original Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Inventors: Kaminsky, David L., Miller, Steven M.
• Primary Examiner(s): VU, THANH T
• Application Number:
  US11/443,969
• Publication Number:
  US 20070283272A1
• Time in Patent Office: 2,610 Days
• Field of Search: 715/733, 715/742, 715/738
• US Class Current: 715/742
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/958 Organisation or management of web site content, e.g. publishing, maintaining pages or automatic linking

Abstract

A computer-implementable method, system, and computer program product that creates a podcast template within a portal definition environment is presented. In one embodiment, the method includes the steps of: creating a standard two-dimensional portal page; and rendering a one-dimensional portlet from the standard two-dimensional portal page to create a podcast.

Claims

1. A computer-implementable method comprising:

creating a portal page;

rendering a two-dimensional portlet window and a one-dimensional portlet window in the portal page, wherein the one-dimensional portlet window is an actual rendering of a podcast that is an aggregation of separate audio files, wherein the one-dimensional portlet window is not a link to one or more of the aggregation of separate audio files, wherein the one-dimensional portlet window is associated exclusively with the two-dimensional portal window, wherein the one-dimensional portlet window includes only audio content that is related to content described by the two-dimensional portlet window, and wherein the separate audio files are obtained from different content providers;

installing multiple podcasts, from the different content providers, into the one-dimensional portlet window, according to a user'"'"'s user-defined criterion that pre-exists in a two-dimensional portlet window of the portal page, wherein the user-defined criterion is based on a user'"'"'s geographic location, employer and work section;

utilizing an audio rendering engine to render the audio content from the one-dimensional portlet window into a podcast file; and

presenting a preview of the podcast file to a user, wherein the preview is a portion of audio content from the podcast file, wherein the computer executable instructions are deployable to a client computer from a server at a remote location, and wherein the computer executable instructions are provided by a service provider to a customer on an on-demand basis.

2. A system comprising:

a processor;

a data bus coupled to the processor;

a memory coupled to the data bus; and

a computer-usable medium embodying computer program code, the computer program code comprising instructions executable by the processor and configured for;

creating a portal page;

rendering a two-dimensional portlet window and a one-dimensional portlet window in the portal page, wherein the one-dimensional portlet window is an actual rendering of a podcast that is an aggregation of separate audio files, wherein the one-dimensional portlet window is not a link to one or more of the aggregation of separate audio files, wherein the one-dimensional portlet window is associated exclusively with the two-dimensional portal window, and wherein the separate audio files are obtained from different content providers;

installing multiple podcasts, from the different content providers, into the one-dimensional portlet window, according to a user'"'"'s user-defined criterion that pre-exists in a two-dimensional portlet window of the portal page, wherein the user-defined criterion is selected from one or more criteria in a group composed of a user'"'"'s geographic location, employer and work section;

utilizing an audio rendering engine to render the audio content from the one-dimensional portlet window into a podcast file; and

presenting a preview of the podcast file to a user, wherein the preview is a portion of audio content from the podcast file, wherein the computer executable instructions are deployable to a client computer from a server at a remote location, and wherein the computer executable instructions are provided by a service provider to a customer on an on-demand basis.

3. A tangible computer-usable medium on which is stored computer program code, the computer program code comprising computer executable instructions configured for:

creating a portal page;

rendering a two-dimensional portlet window and a one-dimensional portlet window in the portal page, wherein the one-dimensional portlet window is an actual rendering of a podcast that is an aggregation of separate audio files, wherein the one-dimensional portlet window is not a link to one or more of the aggregation of separate audio files, wherein the one-dimensional portlet window is associated exclusively with the two-dimensional portal window, and wherein the separate audio files are obtained from different content providers;

installing multiple podcasts, from the different content providers, into the one-dimensional portlet window, according to a user'"'"'s user-defined criterion that pre-exists in a two-dimensional portlet window of the portal page, wherein the user-defined criterion is selected from one or more criteria in a group composed of a user'"'"'s geographic location, employer and work section;

utilizing an audio rendering engine to render the audio content from the one-dimensional portlet window into a podcast file; and

presenting a preview of the podcast file to a user, wherein the preview is a portion of audio content from the podcast file, wherein the computer executable instructions are deployable to a client computer from a server at a remote location, and wherein the computer executable instructions are provided by a service provider to a customer on an on-demand basis.