Dynamic Feed Generation

• US 20080244091A1
• Filed: 07/26/2007
• Published: 10/02/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 02/01/2005
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Newsilike Media Group, Inc.
• Original Assignee: Newsilike Media Group, Inc.
• Inventors: Moore, James F., Wood, Charles B.
• Granted Patent: US 8,700,738 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 709/246
• 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 2221/2101 Auditing as a secondary aspect
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2221/2145 Inheriting rights or properties, e.g., propagation of permissions or restrictions within a hierarchy
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/10 Office automation; Time management
• 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 67/56 Provisioning of proxy services store-and-forward switching systems in data switching networks H04L12/54
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/565 Conversion or adaptation of application format or content adding application control or application functional data H04L67/561
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/567 Integrating service provisioning from a plurality of service providers

Abstract

Syndicated feeds are generated from enterprise data using an interface that dynamically adapts user requests to an enterprise system and dynamically conforms the responsively provided enterprise data to a format suitable for presentation in a syndicated data feed.

Claims

1. A method comprising:

receiving a request from a client to access an enterprise system;

accessing the enterprise system;

querying the enterprise system to obtain enterprise data;

converting the enterprise data into a syndicated feed; and

providing the syndicated feed to the client.

2. The method of claim 1 further comprising:

identifying an object identifier in the enterprise data;

performing a supplemental request to the enterprise system for additional data relating to the object identifier; and

inserting the additional data into the syndicated feed.

3. The method of claim 2 wherein the supplemental request is based upon a type of object specified by the identifier.

4. The method of claim 3 wherein the type includes one or more of a name, a customer number, a date, and an address.

5. The method of claim 1 wherein the request from the client includes at least one relative term, the method further comprising converting the relative term into a specific term for presentation to the enterprise system.

6. The method of claim 5 wherein the relative term specifies a range of times.

7. The method of claim 6 wherein the range of times is one or more of this year, this month, last month, today, and next three days.

8. The method of claim 1 wherein converting the enterprise data into a syndicated feed includes using a syntax for formatting during presentation of the feed.

9. The method of claim 8 wherein the syntax specifies one or more of a local variable, a date, a dollar amount, and a percentage.

10. The method of claim 1 wherein converting the enterprise data into a syndicated feed includes converting at least one error into a human-readable message.

11. The method of claim 10 wherein the human-readable message describes one or more of an inability to reach the enterprise system, a failure of login credentials, and a lapsed subscription to a service.

12. The method of claim 10 wherein the human-readable message is communicated through a medium including one or more of an electronic mail, an instant message, and a cellular phone text message.

13. The method of claim 1 wherein converting the enterprise data into a syndicated feed includes mapping the enterprise data to at least one RSS extension.

14. The method of claim 1 wherein converting the enterprise data into a syndicated feed includes encoding the enterprise query into one or more custom namespace elements of an RSS output, the custom namespace elements providing a machine-readable form to facilitate transfer of the enterprise data to an application.

15. The method of claim 14 wherein the application is one or more of a local application and a second enterprise system.

16. The method of claim 1 wherein converting the enterprise data into a syndicated feed includes one or more of filtering, sorting, categorizing and formatting the enterprise data.

17. A computer program product comprising computer executable code that when executing on one or more computer devices performs the steps of:

receiving a request from a client to access an enterprise system;

accessing the enterprise system;

querying the enterprise system to obtain enterprise data;

converting the enterprise data into a syndicated feed; and

providing the syndicated feed to the client.

18. The computer program product of claim 17 further comprising computer executable code that performs the steps of:

identifying an object identifier in the enterprise data;

performing a supplemental request to the enterprise system for additional data relating to the object identifier; and

inserting the additional data into the syndicated feed.

19. The computer program product of claim 18 wherein the supplemental request is based upon a type of object specified by the identifier.

20. The computer program product of claim 19 wherein the type includes one or more of a name, a customer number, a date, and an address.