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Patent US8020762 - Techniques and systems for supporting podcasting - Google PatentsSearch Images Maps Play YouTube News Gmail Drive More »Sign inAdvanced Patent SearchPatentsImproved podcasts and techniques that facilitate their use are disclosed. The improved techniques can pertain to creating, publishing, hosting, accessing, subscribing, managing, transferring, and/or playing podcasts. According to one aspect, a client application can subscribe to podcasts and then automatically...http://www.google.com/patents/US8020762?utm_source=gb-gplus-sharePatent US8020762 - Techniques and systems for supporting podcastingAdvanced Patent SearchPublication numberUS8020762 B2Publication typeGrantApplication numberUS 12/477,820Publication dateSep 20, 2011Filing dateJun 3, 2009Priority dateMay 21, 2005Also published asCN102880627A, CN102982058A, EP1889184A2, US7686215, US8245924, US8646687, US20060265503, US20090265750, US20120011227, US20120284422, US20140026049, WO2006127271A2, WO2006127271A3, WO2006127271B1Publication number12477820, 477820, US 8020762 B2, US 8020762B2, US-B2-8020762, US8020762 B2, US8020762B2InventorsAnne Jones, Thomas Dowdy, Jeffrey Robbin, Mike Wiese, Stephen DavisOriginal AssigneeApple Inc.Export CitationBiBTeX, EndNote, RefManPatent Citations (19), Non-Patent Citations (48), Referenced by (7), Classifications (10) External Links: USPTO, USPTO Assignment, EspacenetTechniques and systems for supporting podcastingUS 8020762 B2Abstract Improved podcasts and techniques that facilitate their use are disclosed. The improved techniques can pertain to creating, publishing, hosting, accessing, subscribing, managing, transferring, and/or playing podcasts. According to one aspect, a client application can subscribe to podcasts and then automatically monitor the podcasts for updates to be downloaded. In the event that user interest in a podcast becomes inadequate, downloading of further updates can be restricted. According to another aspect, a podcast can be subscribed to through use of a portable subscription file. According to still another aspect, podcast feeds can be enhanced to include segment elements and other metadata.
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