Techniques to automatically syndicate content over a network

• US 8,924,471 B2
• Filed: 04/13/2012
• Issued: 12/30/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 12/17/2008
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing LLC (Microsoft Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
• Inventors: Howell, Gareth, Davis, Tristan, Parish, Dan, Megiddo, Eran, Der, Sherman, Rambharack, Jeff, Stich, Christian E
• Primary Examiner(s): JEAN GILLES, JUDE
• Application Number:
  US13/446,929
• Publication Number:
  US 20120203826A1
• Time in Patent Office: 991 Days
• Field of Search: 709/203, 709/229, 709/201, 709/206, 709/216
• US Class Current: 709/203
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/958 Organisation or management of web site content, e.g. publishing, maintaining pages or automatic linking
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/01 Protocols
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/10 in which an application is distributed across nodes in the network software deployment G06F8/60; multiprogramming arrangements G06F9/46
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/1097 for distributed storage of data in networks, e.g. transport arrangements for network file system [NFS], storage area networks [SAN] or network attached storage [NAS]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/55 Push-based network services

Abstract

Techniques to automatically syndicate content over a network are described. An apparatus may comprise a client computer having a processing system with a processor and computer-readable medium. The computer readable medium may store program instructions for a syndication manager component communicatively coupled to a content producing component arranged to be executed by the processor. The syndication manager component may be operative to receive syndication content from the content producing component, and provide a syndication dialog through the content producing component to syndicate the syndication content using a content delivery platform. The syndication manager component may also syndicate the syndication content to form a syndication resource accessible from the content delivery platform over a network using a syndication referent. Other embodiments are described and claimed.

Claims

1. A method, comprising:

generating syndication content by a productivity application program arranged for execution by a client computer, wherein the productivity application program is one of the group consisting of;

a word-processing application program, a spreadsheet application program, a presentation-based application program, a note-taking application program, an e-mail application program, and a drawing application program, the syndication content comprising an electronic document created by the productivity application program;

receiving syndication control parameters to control syndication operations, wherein the syndication control parameters are based on input from a content producer utilizing the productivity application program;

receiving a control directive to initiate syndication by the productivity application program; and

syndicating the syndication content from the productivity application program to form a syndication resource accessible from a content delivery platform over a network using a syndication referent representing a link to the syndication resource accessible from the content delivery platform.

2. The method of claim 1, comprising receiving the syndication referent arranged to provide access to the syndication resource from the content delivery platform.

3. The method of claim 1, comprising modifying the syndication content stored by the content delivery platform as the syndication resource, the modifying operations comprising republishing, updating or removing the syndication content.

4. The method of claim 1, comprising providing a syndication dialog through the productivity application program to syndicate the syndication content using the content delivery platform.

5. The method of claim 1, comprising generating an operator account for a content producer with the content delivery platform for use in syndicating the syndication content by the content delivery platform.

6. The method of claim 1, comprising receiving a control directive to select an operator account with the content delivery platform for use in syndicating the syndication content by the content delivery platform.

7. The method of claim 1, comprising performing authentication operations to access the content delivery platform through the productivity application program.

8. The method of claim 1, comprising translating the syndication content from a first format to a second format suitable for syndication by the content delivery platform.

9. The method of claim 1, wherein the syndication control parameters to control syndication operations include at least two of the group consisting of:

a syndication portion identifier, an interactivity parameter, a display parameter, and an effect parameter.

10. An article of manufacture comprising a storage device containing instructions that when executed by a processor enable a system to:

retrieve syndication content by an application program, the syndication content comprising an electronic file;

determine an operator account for a content producer with the content delivery platform for use in syndicating, the syndication content by the content delivery platform, wherein the operator account is a single sign-on service providing access to multiple websites;

receive a control directive by the application program to syndicate the syndication content using the content delivery platform; and

syndicate the syndication content by the application program to form a syndication resource accessible from the content delivery platform over a network using a uniform resource locator (URL).

11. The article of manufacture of claim 10, further comprising instructions that when executed by the processor enable the system to receive the URL arranged to provide access to the syndication resource from the content delivery platform, the URL representing a link to the syndication resource accessible from the content delivery platform.

12. The article of manufacture of claim 10, further comprising instructions that when executed by the processor enable the system to perform authentication operations to access the content delivery platform through the application program, translate the syndication content from a first format to a second format suitable for syndication by the content delivery platform, and send syndication control parameters to control syndication operations performed by the content delivery platform from the application program to the content delivery platform.

20. The article of manufacture of claim 10, further comprising instructions that when executed by the processor enable the system to receive syndication control parameters to control syndication operations, wherein the syndication control parameters are received from input by a user of the productivity application program, and the syndication control parameters include at least two of the group consisting of:

a syndication portion identifier, an interactivity parameter, a display parameter, and an effect parameters.

13. An apparatus, comprising:

a processor; and

a memory communicatively coupled to the processor, the memory arranged to store program instructions for a syndication manager component and a content producing component each arranged to be executed by the processor, the syndication manager component operative to receive syndication content and control parameters from the content producing component, receive a control directive to syndicate the syndication content using a content delivery platform, and syndicate the syndication content to form a syndication resource accessible from the content delivery platform over a network using a uniform resource locator (URL).

14. The apparatus of claim 13, the syndication manager component operative to receive the URL arranged to provide access to the syndication resource from the content delivery platform, the URL representing a link to the syndication resource accessible from the content delivery platform.

15. The apparatus of claim 13, the syndication manager component operative to receive a control directive to initiate a syndication dialog through the content producing component, and generate an operator account for the content producer with the content delivery platform for use in syndicating the syndication content by the content delivery platform, or receive a control directive to select an operator account for the content producer with the content delivery platform when already generated, wherein the operator account for the content producer comprises a single sign-on service to access multiple websites.

16. The apparatus of claim 13, the syndication manager component operative to perform authentication operations to access the content delivery platform through the content producing component.

17. The apparatus of claim 13, the syndication manager component operative to translate the syndication content from a first format to a second format suitable for syndication by the content delivery platform.

18. The apparatus of claim 13, the syndication manager component operative to send syndication control parameters to control syndication operations performed by the content delivery platform from the content producing component to the content delivery platform.

19. The apparatus of claim 13, the memory storing program instructions for a publishing component arranged to be executed by the processor, the publishing component operative to automatically publish the URL using a publishing application executed by a server computer.