CROSS-WEBSITE MANAGEMENT INFORMATION SYSTEM

• US 20100131455A1
• Filed: 11/19/2008
• Published: 05/27/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 11/19/2008
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: James D. Logan
• Original Assignee: James D. Logan
• Inventors: Logan, James D., Bartman, Michael
• Application Number:
  US12/273,543
• Publication Number:
  US 20100131455A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 707/602
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/9577 Optimising the visualization of content, e.g. distillation of HTML documents

Abstract

Methods, systems, apparatus, and software for providing information from one or more data feeds to a user are provided. In some embodiments, the methods provided by the invention include obtaining at least one putative feed; confirming that the putative feed is a feed; extracting at least a portion of content from the feed or data related to the content from the feed; processing the extracted content or the data to produce a synthetic feed; and presenting the synthetic feed to the user. In more specific embodiments, the putative fee is selected from the group consisting of: RSS feeds and Web syndication feeds. In still more specific embodiments, the portion of the content or data related to the content is selected from the group consisting of: blog posts, podcasts, videos, and Web pages.

Claims

1. A method for providing information from at least one data feed to a user, the method comprising:

obtaining at least one putative feed, the putative feed comprising content;

confirming that the putative feed is a valid feed;

extracting at least a portion of content from the feed, the content comprising;

processing the extracted content to produce a synthetic feed; and

presenting the synthetic feed to the user.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the at least one putative feed is selected from the group consisting of:

RSS feeds and Web syndication feeds.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein the at least a portion of content is selected from the group consisting of:

blog posts, podcasts, videos, and Web pages.

4. The method of claim 3, wherein the step of confirming the at least one putative feed is performed by determining that the feed is associated with a feed-specific URL.

5. The method of claim 4, wherein the step of confirming the at least one putative feed is performed by determining that the feed includes at least one tag string.

6. The method of claim 5, wherein the step of confirming is performed by scanning the feed for data patterns associated with feeds.

7. The method of claim 6, wherein the scanning includes applying artificial intelligence to identify the patterns.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein the step of processing the extracted content comprises identifying putative duplicate feeds.

9. The method of claim 7, wherein the step of processing the extracted content comprises identifying putative similar feeds.

10. The method of claim 1, wherein the step of processing the extracted content comprises identifying putative similar feeds.

11. The method of claim 1, wherein the step of processing the extracted content comprises identifying putative equivalent content.

12. The method of claim 1, wherein the step of processing the extracted content comprises compiling and storing Reading History Data and Reader Interest Data.

13. The method of claim 10, wherein the step of processing the extracted content comprises using at least one of the Reading History Data and the Reader Interest Data to compile the synthetic feed.

14. The method of claim 1 further comprising obtaining and displaying data related to the content of the feed.

16. The system of claim 14, wherein the communications process is constructed and arranged to receive at least one putative feed is selected from the group consisting of:

RSS feeds and Web syndication feeds.

18. The system of claim 14, wherein the confirmation process is constructed and arranged to scan the putative feed for data patterns associated with feeds.

19. The system of claim 14, further comprising a compiling and storing process constructed and arranged to compile and store Reading History Data and Reader Interest Data.

15. A system for providing information from one or more data feeds to a user, comprising:

a communications process constructed and arranged to obtain at least one putative feed;

a confirmation process in electronic communication with the communications process;

the confirmation process constructed and arranged to confirm that the putative feed is a feed;

an extraction process in electronic communication with the communications process and the confirmation process;

the extraction process constructed and arranged to extract at least a portion of content from the feed or data related to the content from the feed;

a producing process in electronic communication with the extraction process;

the producing process constructed and arranged to process the extracted content or the data to produce a synthetic feed; and

a presentation process in electronic communication with the producing process;

the presentation process constructed and arranged to present the synthetic feed to the user.

17. The system of claim 15, wherein the portion of the content or data related to the content is selected from the group consisting of:

blog posts, podcasts, videos, and Web pages.

20. A computer readable medium containing computer readable program control devices thereon, the computer readable program control devices being constructed and arranged to enable a computer to provide information from one or more data feeds to a user, comprising:

instructions constructed and arranged to enable the computer to obtain at least one putative feed;

instructions constructed and arranged to enable the computer to obtain confirm that the putative feed is a feed;

instructions constructed and arranged to enable the computer to extract at least a portion of content from the feed or data related to the content from the feed;

instructions constructed and arranged to enable the computer to process the extracted content or the data to produce a synthetic feed; and

instructions constructed and arranged to enable the computer to present the synthetic feed to the user.