Techniques to automatically syndicate content over a network

• US 9,467,503 B2
• Filed: 11/13/2014
• Issued: 10/11/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 12/17/2008
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing LLC (Microsoft Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing LLC (Microsoft Corporation)
• Inventors: Stich, Christian E., Howell, Gareth, Davis, Tristan, Parish, Dan, Megiddo, Eran, Der, Sherman, Rambharack, Jeff
• Primary Examiner(s): JEAN GILLES, JUDE
• Application Number:
  US14/540,282
• Publication Number:
  US 20150074185A1
• Time in Patent Office: 698 Days
• Field of Search: 709/203, 709/229, 709/201, 709/206
• US Class Current: 1/1
• 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 device comprising:

a processor; and

a memory operatively coupled to the processor, the memory storing instructions that when executed by the processor perform a method, the method comprising;

generating syndication content by a productivity application program, the syndication content comprising an electronic file created by the productivity application program;

presenting, by the productivity application program, an option to syndicate the syndication content;

receiving a control directive to syndicate the syndication content; and

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

2. The device of claim 1, 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.

3. The device of claim 1, wherein the method further comprises receiving control parameters wherein the control parameters are based on input from a content producer utilizing the productivity application program.

4. The device of claim 3, wherein the control parameters include at least one of the group consisting of:

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

5. The device of claim 1, wherein the method further comprises providing a syndication dialog through the productivity application program to syndicate the syndication content.

6. The device of claim 1, wherein the method further comprises modifying the syndication content, the modifying operations comprising at least one of republishing, updating, and removing the syndication content.

7. The device of claim 1, wherein the publication platform is one of a personal page and a community page.

8. A system comprising:

a processor; and

a memory coupled to the processor, the memory comprising computer-program instructions executable by the processor, the computer-program instructions comprising a content producing component and a syndication component;

the content producing component comprising a productivity application program, wherein the content producing component is configured to;

generate syndication content, the syndication content comprising an electronic file created by the productivity application program;

present an option to syndicate the syndication content; and

receive a control directive to syndicate the syndication content; and

wherein the syndication component is configured to syndicate the syndication content from the content producing component to form a syndication resource accessible from a publication platform over a network using a syndication referent representing a link to the syndication resource.

9. The system of claim 8, 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.

10. The system of claim 8, wherein content producing component is further configured to receive control parameters wherein the control parameters are based on input from a content producer utilizing the productivity application program.

11. The system of claim 10, wherein the control parameters include at least one of the group consisting of:

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

12. The system of claim 8, wherein the content producing component is further configured to provide a syndication dialog through the productivity application program to syndicate the syndication content.

13. The system of claim 8, wherein the publication platform is one of a personal page or a community page.

14. A computer-implemented method, the method comprising:

generating syndication content by a productivity application program on a computer device, the syndication content comprising an electronic file created by the productivity application program;

presenting, on a display of the computer device, by the productivity application program, an option to syndicate the syndication content;

receiving a control directive to syndicate the syndication content; and

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

15. The computer-implemented method of claim 14, 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.

16. The computer-implemented method of claim 14, further comprising receiving control parameters wherein the control parameters are based on input from a content producer utilizing the productivity application program.

17. The computer-implemented method of claim 16, wherein the control parameters include at least one of the group consisting of:

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

18. The computer-implemented method of claim 14, further comprising providing a syndication dialog through the productivity application program to syndicate the syndication content.

19. The computer-implemented method of claim 14, further comprising modifying the syndication content, the modifying operations comprising at least one of republishing, updating, and removing the syndication content.

20. The computer-implemented method of claim 14, wherein the publication platform is one of a personal page and a community page.