Providing syndication feed content on a television set-top box with limited decoder capability
First Claim
1. A method for transferring syndication feed content between a first device residing in a first location and a second device residing in a second location, the method comprising the steps of:
- establishing a communication channel between the first and second devices for transferring information between the first and second devices;
the first device receiving a request to transfer at least a first portion of the syndication feed content stored on the first device to the second device;
the first device converting the first portion of the syndication feed content from a first format to a second format usable by the second device, the converting comprising modifying at least a first portion of metadata in a syndication feed referencing the syndication feed content so that the first portion of the metadata no longer references content stored on a networked content source but references the first portion of the syndication feed content stored locally on the first device as converted syndication feed content, and wherein at least a second portion of the syndication feed content stored on the networked content source, and which is useable by the second device, is referenced by a second portion of the metadata in the syndication feed; and
transferring at least the first portion of the syndication feed content stored in the first device to the second device in the second format.
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Abstract
Techniques are afforded for providing syndication feed content on a television STB with limited decoder capability. A request is initiated for syndication feed content from a networked content source through the STB. The syndication feed content is obtained through a proxy device in communication with the networked content source. When the syndication feed content is in a first format usable by the STB, the proxy device passes the syndication feed content in the first format to the STB. When the syndication feed content is in a second format unusable by the STB, the syndication feed content is first converted from the second format to the first format usable by the STB and then the syndication feed content is passed, in the first format, to the STB.
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19 Claims
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1. A method for transferring syndication feed content between a first device residing in a first location and a second device residing in a second location, the method comprising the steps of:
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establishing a communication channel between the first and second devices for transferring information between the first and second devices; the first device receiving a request to transfer at least a first portion of the syndication feed content stored on the first device to the second device; the first device converting the first portion of the syndication feed content from a first format to a second format usable by the second device, the converting comprising modifying at least a first portion of metadata in a syndication feed referencing the syndication feed content so that the first portion of the metadata no longer references content stored on a networked content source but references the first portion of the syndication feed content stored locally on the first device as converted syndication feed content, and wherein at least a second portion of the syndication feed content stored on the networked content source, and which is useable by the second device, is referenced by a second portion of the metadata in the syndication feed; and transferring at least the first portion of the syndication feed content stored in the first device to the second device in the second format. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A method for transferring syndication feed content between a first device residing in a first location and a second device residing in a second location, the method comprising the steps of:
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establishing a communication channel between the first and second devices for transferring information between the first and second devices; the first device receiving a request to transfer at least a first portion of the syndication feed content stored in a memory of the first device; a processor of the first device converting the first portion of the syndication feed content from a first format to a second format usable by the second device, the converting comprising modifying at least a first portion of metadata in a syndication feed referencing the syndication feed content stored on a networked content source to reference the first portion of the syndication feed content stored locally in the memory the first device as converted syndication feed content, and wherein at least a second portion of the syndication feed content stored on the networked content source, and which is useable by the second device, is referenced by a second portion of the metadata in the syndication feed; storing the first portion of syndication feed content in the second format in the memory of the first device; and transferring at least the first portion of the syndication feed content in the second format stored in the memory of the first device to a memory of the second device. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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19. A method for transferring syndication feed content between a first device residing in a first location and a second device residing in a second location, the method comprising the steps of:
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establishing a communication channel between the first and second devices for transferring information between the first and second devices; the first device receiving a request to transfer at least a portion of the syndication feed content stored on the first device in a first format, the first format being different than a format of the syndication feed content obtained by the first device from a networked content source; the first device converting the syndication feed content from the first format to a second format usable by the second device, the converting comprising modifying at least a portion of metadata in the syndication feed so that the metadata no longer references content stored on the networked content source but references content stored locally on the first device; and transferring at least a portion of the syndication feed content stored in the first device in the first format to the second device in the second format, wherein the step of converting the syndication feed content from the first format to the second format usable by the second device comprises; parsing a file of the syndication feed content at a proxy device to determine a first portion of the content in the first format and a second portion of the content in the second format; generating modified syndication feed content by replacing the first portion of the content that is in the first format with corresponding content that is in the second format, using the first device, wherein the first device is a media converter; and passing the modified syndication feed content to the second device in response to the request, wherein the second device is a television set-top box (STB), wherein replacing the first portion of the content that is in the first format comprises; generating the corresponding content that is in the second format; storing the corresponding content that is in the second format in a memory associated with the proxy device; and modifying at least a portion of metadata in the syndication feed content so that the portion of the metadata no longer references content stored on a networked content source but references content stored on the memory associated with the proxy device.
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