Provision of RSS feeds based on classification of content

• US 9,892,273 B2
• Filed: 04/01/2014
• Issued: 02/13/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 10/23/2005
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Acoustic, L.P.
• Original Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Inventors: Nussey, Bill, Curtin, Chris
• Primary Examiner(s): BIAGINI, CHRISTOPHER D
• Application Number:
  US14/231,747
• Publication Number:
  US 20150379291A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,414 Days
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/9535 Search customisation based on user profiles and personalisation
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/986 Document structures and storage, e.g. HTML extensions
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/606 by securing the transmission between two devices or processes
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/6218 to a system of files or objects, e.g. local or distributed file system or database
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/6245 Protecting personal data, e.g. for financial or medical purposes
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/02 for separating internal from external traffic, e.g. firewalls
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/083 using passwords cryptographic mechanisms or cryptographic arrangements for entity authentication using a predetermined code H04L9/3226
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/102 Entity profiles
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/1483 service impersonation, e.g. phishing, pharming or web spoofing detection of rogue wireless access points H04W12/12
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/55 Push-based network services

Abstract

A device that resides behind a firewall and receives content to be further directed towards one or more users, such as high-volume emails. The device captures the incoming content that is delivered over a secure communication channel from an external content source and creates personalized RDF or XML files for the intended recipients. The URLs associated with the files include a unique code that is generated using at least a portion of the addressing information or other parameters of the message. An RSS reader can then be employed to read the content from the RDF or XML file.

Claims

1. A system that provides controlled delivery of multi-class content to a user comprising:

a content source that is operable to send content items directed towards a user through use of an address identifier for each content item; and

a hardware processor located behind a security firewall and including a content catcher that is operable to;

receive a content item from. the content source via a secure communication channel through the security firewall, wherein the content catcher employs the secure communication channel to enable the content source and content item to be trusted;

identify a classification of the content item;

generate a unique identifier identifying the user and the content source;

create an RSS based file having a URL that is based at least in part on the unique identifier to establish a specific RSS communication channel limited to the user and the content source for communicating each of a plurality of different content items of the content source directed to the user;

restricting access to the content item associated with the RSS based file to unauthorized users; and

enabling delivery of the content item to the user over the specific RSS communication channel through the security firewall.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein when the classification of the content item is at a first level, the content catcher is operable to create an HTML or XML content file containing a portion of the content item and restricting access to the HTML or XML content file.

3. The system of claim 1, wherein the content item is at one of multiple classification levels and the content catcher is operable to create an HTML or XML content file containing a portion of the content item and restricting access to the HTML or XML content file based on a classification level of the content item.

4. The system of claim 1, wherein when the classification of the content item is at a first level, the content catcher is operable to impose an access restriction on the RSS based file.

5. The system of claim 1, wherein the content item is at one of multiple classification levels and the content catcher is operable to impose an access restriction to the RSS based file based on a classification level of the content item.

6. A method for providing controlled delivery of multi-class content to a user, the method comprising the steps of:

receiving a content item directed towards an intended recipient from a content source via a secure communication channel through a security firewall, wherein the secure communication channel enables the content and the content source to be trusted;

identifying a classification level of the content item; and

determining the content item is a first content item to be received for the intended recipient, and when the content item is the first content item;

creating a URL that includes a unique identifier identifying the intended recipient and a content source providing the first content item;

creating an XML index file that is accessible via the URL to establish a specific RSS feed limited to the intended recipient and the content source for communicating to the intended recipient each of a plurality of different content items of the content source directed to the intended recipient;

placing at least a portion of content of the content item within an associated entry in the XML index file;

creating an access controlled HTML or XML content file containing a portion of the content of the content item; and

placing a link to the access controlled HTML or XML content file iii the associated entry in the XML index file; and

accessing, using an RSS reader processing the URL, the content items of the content source for the intended recipient is via the specific RSS feed limited to the intended recipient and the content source.

7. The method of claim 6, wherein when in the determining step it is determined the content item is not the first content item to be received for the intended recipient, further comprising the steps of:

determining the XML index file that is associated with the intended recipient;

modifying the XML index file by creating an associated entry in the XML index file and placing at least a portion of the content of the content item in the associated entry;

creating an access controlled HTML or XML content file containing a portion of the content of the content item;

placing a link to the access controlled HTML or XML content file in the associated entry in the XML index file, whereby utilizing an RSS reader, the intended recipient accesses the content.

8. The method of claim 7, wherein the content item is an email message that includes an address identifier, and the step of placing at least a portion of the content of the content item within the associated entry of the XML index file comprises:

setting a title of the associated entry to a subject of the email message; and

creating a link to the HTML or XML content file containing a body of the email message and placing the link in a summary of the associated entry.

9. The method of claim 8, wherein the step of creating a URL that includes a unique identifier further comprises generating the unique identifier based at least in part on a portion of the address identifier.

10. The method of claim 6, wherein the step of creating a URL that includes a unique identifier further comprises receiving the unique identifier from the intended recipient.

11. The method of claim 6, wherein the step of creating a URL that includes a unique identifier further comprises incorporating a classification of the XML index file into the URL.

12. A method for providing multiple RSS feeds for an intended recipient based on a classification of content, the method comprising the steps of:

receiving content items directed towards one or more users from a content source via a secure communication channel through a security firewall, wherein the secure communication channel enables the content items and the content source to be trusted;

identifying the classification of each content item;

for a first content item for a particular user at a particular classification;

creating a URL that includes a unique identifier identifying the particular user and a content source providing the first content item;

creating an XML index file that is accessible via the URL to establish a specific RSS feed limited to the particular user and the content source for communicating to the particular user each of a plurality of different content items of the content source directed to the particular user;

placing at least a portion of the first content item within the XN L index file as an associated entry; and

communicating, using an RSS reader processing the URL, first content item via the specific RSS feed limited to the particular user and the content source.

13. The method of claim 12, further comprising the step of, for a next content item for the particular user at a particular classification, placing at least a portion of the next content item within the XML index file.

14. The method of claim 13, wherein the step of creating an XML index file further comprises the step of creating a password controlled XML index file when the particular classification is at a particular level.

15. The method of claim 13, wherein the step of creating an XML index file further comprises the step of creating a non-password controlled XML index file when the particular classification is at a particular level.

16. The method of claim 13, wherein the step of creating an XML index file further comprises the step of creating a password controlled and encrypted XML index file when the particular classification is at a particular level.

17. The method of claim 13, wherein the step of creating an XML index file further comprises the step of creating an access controlled RSS based file when the particular classification is at a particular level.

18. The method of claim 13, wherein the step of creating an XML index file further comprises the step of creating a password controlled XML index file when the particular classification is at a first level and a non-password controlled XML index file when the particular classification is at a second level and further comprising the step of applying access restriction to an HTML or XML content file associated with the associated entry.

19. The method of claim 13, wherein the step of creating a URL that includes a unique identifier further comprises generating the unique identifier based at least in part on an identity of the particular user.

20. The method of claim 13, wherein the step of creating a URI that includes a substantially unique identifier further comprises generating the unique identifier based at least in part on an identity of the particular user and a classification level of the first content item.