Interactive podcast

• US 20070240030A1
• Filed: 05/19/2006
• Published: 10/11/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 04/07/2006
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications USA Incorporated (Sony Group Corp.)
• Original Assignee: Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications USA Incorporated (Sony Group Corp.)
• Inventors: Cronstrom, David
• Application Number:
  US11/419,203
• Publication Number:
  US 20070240030A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 715/203
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/9535 Search customisation based on user profiles and personalisation

Abstract

A method for providing updateable content to a mobile device, in which links are included in a podcast with media data such as audio or video, to create an interactive podcast service for mobile communication devices. The method comprises the steps of: creating updateable content and formatting the content into a media format; providing a selectable link to additional content associated with the created updateable content; storing the created updateable content on a server; creating an indicator that describes the updateable content and the address of said server that stores the updateable content; subscribing to the updateable content using the mobile device by selecting the indicator and thereby registering to the updateable content; checking from the mobile device the indicator if content has been updated; and retrieving the created content with the selectable link to the mobile device when the content has been updated.

Claims

1. A method for providing updateable content to a mobile device comprising the steps of:

creating updateable content into a media format;

providing a selectable link to additional content associated with the created updateable content;

storing the created updateable content on a server;

creating an indicator that describes the updateable content and the address of said server that stores the updateable content;

subscribing to the updateable content using the mobile device by selecting the indicator and thereby registering to the updateable content;

checking the indicator to determine if content has been updated; and

retrieving the created content with the selectable link to the mobile device when the content has been updated.

2. A method according to claim 1, wherein the selectable link is provided to the content when the content is formatted.

3. A method according to claim 1, wherein the selectable link is provided to the content after the content has been formatted, in a content server.

4. A method according to claim 1, wherein the content is embedded in a web site.

5. A method according to claim 4, wherein the selectable link is provided to said web site.

6. A method according to claim 1, wherein the content is embedded in a media player.

7. A method according to claim 6, wherein the link is provided to the media player.

8. A method according to claim 1, wherein the content is a podcast.

9. A method according to claim 1, wherein the content is a vidcast.

10. A method according to claim 1, wherein the additional content is a web site.

11. A method according to claim 1, wherein the additional content is a voting registry.