Patent ID: 8380786
Filing Date: 2013-02-19
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A method of distributing information, comprising: receiving, by a computer at a central facility from a subscriber, a request to subscribe to a channel, the request identifying an address associated with a recipient, the channel being an electronic folder for receiving content at respectively different times and being associated with a subscription list; adding, by the computer at the central facility, the address of the subscriber to the subscription list associated with the channel; at a first time, receiving, at the computer at the central facility, first content for the channel, the first content being at least one of a first media file, metadata relating to the first media file and text of a comment relating to the first media file; sending, from the computer at the central facility to each of the addresses in the subscription list, a notice message that the first content is available; receiving, at the computer at the central facility, a request for the first content from a destination device associated with one of the addresses in the subscription list; obtaining, by the computer at the central facility, characteristics of the destination device from a third party server; storing the characteristics of the destination device at the computer at the central facility; configuring, by the computer at the central facility, the first content in accordance with the characteristics of the destination device; sending, from the computer at the central facility to the destination device, the configured first content; at a second time, receiving, at the computer at the central facility, second content for the channel, the second content being at least one of a second media file, metadata relating to the first or second media files and text of a comment relating to the first or second media files; sending, from the computer at the central facility to each of the addresses in the subscription list, a notice message that the second content is available; receiving, at the computer at the central facility, a request for the second content from the destination device; retrieving, by the computer at the central facility, the stored characteristics of the destination device; configuring, by the computer at the central facility, the second content in accordance with the characteristics of the destination device; and sending, from the computer at the central facility to the destination device, the configured second content.