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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 19, 2010
Filed:
Mar. 27, 2006
Jessica Kahn, San Francisco, CA (US);
Jens Alfke, San Jose, CA (US);
Sarah Anne Wilkin, Menlo Park, CA (US);
Albert Riley Howard, Jr., Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Scott James Forstall, Mountain View, CA (US);
Stephen O. Lemay, San Francisco, CA (US);
Donald Dale Melton, San Carlos, CA (US);
Wayne Russell Loofbourrow, San Jose, CA (US);
Jessica Kahn, San Francisco, CA (US);
Jens Alfke, San Jose, CA (US);
Sarah Anne Wilkin, Menlo Park, CA (US);
Albert Riley Howard, Jr., Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Scott James Forstall, Mountain View, CA (US);
Stephen O. Lemay, San Francisco, CA (US);
Donald Dale Melton, San Carlos, CA (US);
Wayne Russell Loofbourrow, San Jose, CA (US);
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Abstract
Techniques for presenting and managing syndication XML (feeds) are disclosed. In one embodiment, a user can modify how a feed is displayed, such as which content (and how much) is displayed, in what order, and how it is formatted. In another embodiment, a modification regarding how a feed is displayed is stored so that it can be used again at a later time. In yet another embodiment, a user can create a custom feed through aggregation and/or filtering of existing feeds. Aggregation includes, for example, merging the articles of multiple feeds to form a new feed. Filtering includes, for example, selecting a subset of articles of a feed based on whether they satisfy a search query. In yet another embodiment, a user can find articles by entering a search query into a search engine that searches feeds, which will identify one or more articles that satisfy the query.