Patent ID: 8533768
Filing Date: 2013-09-10
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
1. A method for providing syndication feed content on a television set-top box (STB) with limited decoder capability, the method comprising the steps of: initiating a request for syndication feed content, wherein the syndication feed content comprises one of an Atom feed and a really simple syndication (RSS) feed, wherein the Atom feed comprises and an Atom file when the syndication feed content is the Atom feed, and wherein the RSS feed comprises an RSS.XML file when the syndication feed is the RSS feed; obtaining the syndication feed content from a networked content source through a proxy device in communication with the networked content source in response to the request, wherein the step of obtaining the syndication feed content comprises sending the request for syndication feed content out to the networked content source through a firewall operatively coupled between the proxy device and the networked content source; converting the syndication feed content from a second format unusable by the STB to a first format usable by the STB with a media converter, and passing the syndication feed content in the first format to the STB; wherein the step of converting the syndication feed content from the second format to the first format comprises: wherein replacing the second portion of the content that is in the second format comprises: generating the corresponding content that is in the first format; storing the corresponding content that is in the first format in a memory associated with the proxy device; and replacing at least one uniform resource identifier (URI) in the syndication feed content with a substitute at least one URI pointing to the corresponding content that is in the first format in the memory associated with the proxy device.