RSS content administration for rendering RSS content on a digital audio player

• US 9,361,299 B2
• Filed: 03/09/2006
• Issued: 06/07/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 03/09/2006
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Original Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Inventors: Bodin, William K., Jaramillo, David, Redman, Jerry W., Thorson, Derral C.
• Primary Examiner(s): Paula, Cesar
• Assistant Examiner(s): Blackwell, James H
• Application Number:
  US11/372,317
• Publication Number:
  US 20070213857A1
• Time in Patent Office: 3,743 Days
• Field of Search: 715/202, 715/210, 715/230, 715/234, 715/716, 715/738, 709/203, 709/206, 709/218, 709/223, 709/227, 709/231
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/40 of multimedia data, e.g. slideshows comprising image and additional audio data retrieval of still image data G06F16/50; retrieval of audio data G06F16/60; retrieval of video data G06F16/70
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/48 Retrieval characterised by using metadata, e.g. metadata not derived from the content or metadata generated manually
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/02 based on web technology, e.g. hypertext transfer protocol [HTTP]

Abstract

Methods, systems, and computer program products are provided for RSS content administration for rendering RSS content on a digital audio player. Embodiments include retrieving, through an RSS feed, RSS content; extracting text from the RSS content; creating a media file; and storing the extracted text of the RSS content as metadata associated with the media file. Embodiments also typically include extracting one or more images from the RSS content; and storing the extracted images as metadata associated with the media file. Embodiments also typically include extracting text from the RSS content for audio rendering on the digital audio player; converting the text to speech; and recording the speech in the audio portion of the media file. Many embodiments also include storing the media file on a digital audio player; displaying the metadata describing the media file; and playing the audio portion containing the speech.

Claims

1. A method for RSS content administration for rendering RSS content on a digital audio player, the method comprising:

retrieving, through an RSS feed, RSS content by invoking one or more hyperlinks provided in the RSS feed that points to the RSS content;

extracting a portion of text from the RSS content, wherein said extracted text is a subset of text included in the RSS content;

extracting one or more images from the RSS content;

creating a media file including an audio portion containing no audible digital audio data that is related to the RSS content, wherein the media file comprises one of a digital audio file or a digital video file;

storing the extracted text of the RSS content as metadata associated with the media file; and

storing the extracted images as metadata associated with the media file.

2. The method of claim 1 wherein:

creating a media file further comprises creating an MPEG file; and

storing the extracted text of the RSS content as metadata associated with the media file further comprises inserting the extracted text in the MPEG file.

3. The method of claim 2 wherein inserting the extracted text in the MPEG file further comprises inserting the extracted text in an ID3 tag in the MPEG file.

4. The method of claim 1 wherein storing the extracted text of the RSS content as metadata associated with the media file further comprises storing the extracted text in a metadata file associated with the media file.

5. The method of claim 4 wherein the metadata file is an eXtenxible markup language (‘

XML’

) file.

6. The method of claim 1 further comprising:

storing the media file on a digital audio player; and

displaying the metadata associated with the media file, the metadata containing the extracted text of the RSS content.

7. The method of claim 1 wherein the RSS content is retrieved in a format that cannot be rendered by the digital audio player.

8. A system for RSS content administration for rendering RSS content on a digital audio player the system comprising:

a computer processor;

a computer memory operatively coupled to the computer processor, the computer memory having disposed within it computer program instructions capable of;

retrieving, through an RSS feed, RSS content by invoking one or more hyperlinks provided in the RSS feed that points to the RSS content;

extracting a portion of text from the RSS content, wherein said extracted text is a subset of text included in the RSS content;

extracting one or more images from the RSS content;

creating a media file including an audio portion containing no audible digital audio data that is related to the RSS content, wherein the media file comprises one of a digital audio file or a digital video file;

storing the extracted text of the RSS content as metadata associated with the media file; and

storing the extracted images as metadata associated with the media file.

9. The system of claim 8 wherein the computer memory also has disposed within it computer program instructions capable of:

creating an MPEG file; and

inserting the extracted text in the MPEG file.

10. The system of claim 8 wherein the computer memory also has disposed within it computer program instructions capable of storing the extracted text in a metadata file associated with the media file.

11. A computer program product for RSS content administration for rendering RSS content on a digital audio player, the computer program product embodied on a non-transitory computer-readable recordable medium, the computer program product comprising:

computer program instructions for retrieving, through an RSS feed, RSS content by invoking one or more hyperlinks provided in the RSS feed that points to the RSS content;

computer program instructions for extracting a portion of text from the RSS content, wherein said extracted text is a subset of text included in the RSS content;

computer program instructions for extracting one or more images from the RSS content;

computer program instructions for creating a media file including an audio portion containing no audible digital audio data that is related to the RSS content, wherein the media file comprises one of a digital audio file or a digital video file;

computer program instructions for storing the extracted text of the RSS content as metadata associated with the media file; and

computer program instructions for storing the extracted images as metadata associated with the media file.

12. The computer program product of claim 11 wherein:

computer program instructions for creating a media file further comprise computer program instructions for creating an MPEG file; and

computer program instructions for storing the extracted text of the RSS content as metadata associated with the media file further comprise computer program instructions for inserting the extracted text in the MPEG file.

13. The computer program product of claim 11 wherein computer program instructions for storing the extracted text of the RSS content as metadata associated with the media file further comprise computer program instructions for storing the extracted text in a metadata file associated with the media file.