Patent ID: 8224889

Claim:
A method to process a syndication data feed, comprising: receiving a configuration by a syndication data feed aggregation service, wherein the configuration is received via a user interface from a moderator, wherein the configuration pertains to a plurality of syndication data items of an input syndication data feed, the configuration specifying which one or more particular input syndication data items of the plurality of syndication data items of the input syndication data feed are not to be provided by the syndication data feed aggregation service to a plurality of feed readers, wherein the configuration for one or more of the plurality of syndication data feed items indicates that the moderator will later specify syndication data moderation indications indicating whether to provide or not provide the corresponding syndication data items to the plurality of feed readers; after the configuration is received, receiving at the syndication data feed aggregation service, the input syndication data feed, which include one or more of the particular input syndication data items; based on the configuration, filtering at the syndication data feed aggregation service the received input syndication feed's one or more particular input syndication data items so as to not be provided to the plurality of feed readers; and providing an output syndication data feed that includes the input syndication data feed without the one or more particular input syndication data items by the syndication data feed aggregation service to the plurality of feed readers, wherein the output syndication data feed is provided to end users in response to requests for the input syndication feed; wherein the moderator is independent from the end users that have requested the input syndication data feed; presenting the user interface identifying the plurality of syndication data items, wherein for each of the plurality of syndication data items, the user interface includes a set of options selectable by the moderator, wherein the set of options includes a first option, a second option, and a third option; wherein the first option indicates that the corresponding one of the plurality of syndication data items of the input syndication data feed is not to be provided by the syndication data feed aggregation service to the plurality of feed readers; wherein the second option indicates that the corresponding one of the plurality of syndication data items of the input syndication data feed is to be provided by the syndication data feed aggregation service to the plurality of feed readers; wherein the third option indicates that the moderator will later specify a syndication data moderation indication indicating whether to provide or not provide the corresponding one of the plurality of syndication data items to the plurality of feed readers.