Techniques and systems for supporting podcasting
First Claim
1. A podcast feed, the podcast feed comprising a plurality of podcast segment elements, each podcast segment element including:
- a segment link that identifies a location of a multimedia element associated with the segment element; and
a time indicator indicative of a start time associated with the associated multimedia element.
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Abstract
Improved podcasts and techniques that facilitate their use are disclosed. The improved techniques can pertain to creating, publishing, hosting, accessing, subscribing, managing, transferring, and/or playing podcasts. According to one aspect, a client application can subscribe to podcasts and then automatically monitor the podcasts for updates to be downloaded. In the event that user interest in a podcast becomes inadequate, downloading of further updates can be restricted. According to another aspect, a podcast can be subscribed to through use of a portable subscription file. According to still another aspect, podcast feeds can be enhanced to include segment elements and other metadata.
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30 Claims
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1. A podcast feed, the podcast feed comprising a plurality of podcast segment elements, each podcast segment element including:
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a segment link that identifies a location of a multimedia element associated with the segment element; and a time indicator indicative of a start time associated with the associated multimedia element. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. A podcast feed embodied in a computer readable medium, the podcast feed comprising:
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a link to a podcast episode having a plurality of chapters; and a plurality of segment elements, each segment element being associated with an associated chapter of the podcast episode and including a segment title, a segment link for an associated multimedia element and a time indicator indicative of a start time that identifies a time in the podcast episode at which the associated multimedia element is to be displayed. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11)
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12. A method comprising:
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playing a podcast having a plurality of chapters; displaying a first multimedia item associated with a first chapter as the first chapter is played; and displaying a second multimedia item associated with a second chapter as the second chapter is played. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15)
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16. A method comprising:
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receiving a podcast feed; accessing a podcast using a first link provided in the podcast feed;
accessing the first multimedia item distinct from the podcast using a second link provided in the podcast feed; andaccessing a second multimedia item distinct from the podcast and the first multimedia item using a third link provided in the podcast feed. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19)
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20. A system comprising:
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a data storage device storing a podcast feed, the podcast feed comprising a plurality of podcast segment elements, each podcast segment element including; a segment link that identifies a location of a multimedia element associated with the segment element; and a time indicator indicative of a start time associated with the associated multimedia element. - View Dependent Claims (21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26)
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27. A system comprising:
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a device configured for; receiving a podcast feed; accessing a podcast using a first link provided in the podcast feed;
accessing the first multimedia item distinct from the podcast using a second link provided in the podcast feed; and
accessing a second multimedia item distinct from the podcast and the first multimedia item using a third link provided in the podcast feed. - View Dependent Claims (28, 29, 30)
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