Patent ID: 8191082

Claim:
A method for feeding web content in the Internet to an end device coupled to an Internet Protocol (IP) Multimedia Subsystem (IMS), wherein the web content is summarily represented by an Really Simple Syndication (RSS) document, wherein the IMS comprises an application server and a media cache, wherein the application server processes both RSS documents and the Session Initiation Protocol (SIP), wherein the application server is a gateway between the IMS and the Internet, the method comprising: receiving, by the application server of the IMS, a SIP SUBSCRIBE request from the end device for the RSS document and the web content, the wherein SIP SUBSCRIBE request specifying the Uniform Resource Identifier (URI) of the RSS document, wherein the RSS document and the web content originate from the Internet outside of the IMS; subscribing events updating the RSS document and the web content, wherein the subscribed events occur in the Internet at a source of the web content outside of the IMS; tracking an update of the RSS document and the web content outside of the IMS subsequent to said subscribing; requesting an update of the web content responsive to finding the update of the RSS document and the web content from said tracking; storing the update of the web content into the media cache responsive to acquiring the update of the web content from said requesting; and notifying the end device of the update of the web content subsequent to said storing such that the application server enables the end device to retrieve the updated RSS document from the media cache without generating data traffic across the Internet to the RSS document and the web content, wherein the application server performs said receiving, said subscribing, said tracking, said requesting, said storing, and said notifying, wherein the application server employs a subscriber profile to control said tracking, wherein the application server and the end device communicate via a serving call/session control function (S-CSCF) within the IMS.