URL-BASED PROGRAMMING INTERFACE

• US 20070106650A1
• Filed: 12/08/2006
• Published: 05/10/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 02/01/2005
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Newsilike Media Group, Inc.
• Original Assignee: Newsilike Media Group, Inc.
• Inventors: Moore, James
• Application Number:
  US11/608,492
• Publication Number:
  US 20070106650A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• 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: G06F 8/36 Software reuse
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 41/22 comprising specially adapted graphical user interfaces [GUI]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 41/5045 Making service definitions prior to deployment
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/56 Provisioning of proxy services store-and-forward switching systems in data switching networks H04L12/54
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/567 Integrating service provisioning from a plurality of service providers

Abstract

The systems, methods, means, and computer program products disclosed herein provide a framework and tools for creating composite services from the array of services available as distributed, loosely structured, ad hoc, remote programming interfaces on the Internet. The framework includes metaservices for coordinating the execution of multiple services in a composite service, and also provides core services such as database management, security, financial transactions, media conversion, and so forth, to provide greater design latitude in the creation of new composite services from existing Internet content and services. The framework may be deployed to create new services and programming interfaces, or to deploy independent web applications constructed from available services.

Claims

1-44. -44. (canceled)

45. A programming method, comprising:

providing a programming interface;

receiving user data at a first URL of the interface through a post method;

processing the user data with a plurality of services including at least one remote, unstructured service to obtain a result; and

storing the result at a second URL of the interface, such that the result can be retrieved through a get method.

46. The method of claim 45 wherein the programming interface encapsulate a web application.

47. The method of claim 45 wherein the at least one remote, unstructured service includes a URL that links to a specification of the unstructured service.

48. The method of claim 45 wherein processing the user data includes parsing an OPML description that includes a hierarchy of services that form a composite service accessible through the programming interface.

49. The method of claim 45 wherein processing the user data includes processing a media object.

50. The method of claim 49 wherein processing the media object includes converting a format of the media object.

51. The method of claim 49 wherein processing the media object includes embedding a digital watermark in the media object.

52. The method of claim 49 wherein processing the media object includes adding a unique identifier to metadata for the media object.

53. The method of claim 49 wherein processing the media object includes rendering the media object.

54. The method of claim 49 wherein processing the media object includes editing the media object.

55. The method of claim 49 wherein processing the media object includes combining the media object with another media object.

56. The method of claim 45 wherein the plurality of services includes at least one social network method.

57. The method of claim 45 wherein the plurality of services includes an attention brokering service.

58. The method of claim 45 wherein the plurality of services includes a service for at least one of tracking online behavior, tracking transactions, ranking popularity of an item, and receiving user rating of an item.

59. The method of claim 45 wherein the plurality of services includes at least one communication service selected from the group consisting of telecommunications, video conferencing, VoIP, electronic mail, instant messaging, and text messaging.

60. The method of claim 45 wherein the plurality of services includes at least one service that controls presentation of content.

61. The method of claim 60 wherein the at least one service provides hardware-specific rendering.

62. The method of claim 45 wherein the plurality of services includes at least one service to enable parental control of access to content.

63. The method of claim 45 wherein the plurality of services includes at least one service to support conditional access to content.

64. The method of claim 45 wherein the plurality of services includes at least one service to support user personalization of content.

65. The method of claim 45 wherein the plurality of services includes at least one service that executes financial transactions.

66. The method of claim 65 wherein a second one of the plurality of services includes a user identity service.

67. The method of claim 45 wherein the plurality of services includes a conditional access method.

68. The method of claim 67 wherein the conditional access method allows a user to post data via a post method to a service located at a URL, wherein the service verifies permission of the user to access content, and wherein a get method allows the user to get an indicator of permission to access the content.

69. The method of claim 45 wherein the plurality of services include at least one database method supporting user access to a database.

70. The method of claim 69 wherein the database includes a secure database.

71. The method of claim 69 wherein the database method includes one or more of a data quality method and a data transformation method.

72. The method of claim 45 wherein the plurality of services includes at least one security method.

73. The method of claim 72 wherein the at least one security method includes one or more of a conditional access method, an authentication method, an encryption method, and a decryption method.

74. The method of claim 72 wherein the at least one security method includes a security audit method.

75. The method of claim 45 wherein the plurality of services includes at least one method for managing payment for at least one other one of the plurality of services.

76. The method of claim 75 wherein the at least one method for managing payment includes a payment management system that allocates charges among users and providers of a composite service.

77. The method of claim 45 wherein the plurality of services includes at least one search method.

78. The method of claim 77 wherein the at least one search method receives a plurality of search services in an OPML description.

79. The method of claim 77 wherein the at least one search method includes a spider method.

80. The method of claim 45 wherein the plurality of services includes at least one filter method.

81. The method of claim 45 wherein the plurality of services includes at least one semantic processing method.

82. The method of claim 81 further comprising creating semantic metadata for an RSS feed in the semantic processing method.

83. The method of claim 82 further comprising enriching the RSS feed with the semantic metadata.

84. The method of claim 81 further comprising interpreting content of an RSS feed in the semantic processing method.

85. The method of claim 81 further comprising translating content of an RSS feed in the semantic processing method.

86. The method of claim 45 wherein the plurality of services includes at least one syndication method.

87. The method of claim 86 further comprising performing a syndication function with the at least one syndication method.

88. The method of claim 87 wherein the syndication function includes one or more of publish, subscribe, aggregate, and republish.

89-94. -94. (canceled)