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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 21, 2012
Filed:
Aug. 10, 2011
Anne Jones, Emerald Hills, CA (US);
Thomas Dowdy, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Jeffrey Robbin, Los Altos, CA (US);
Mike Wiese, Cupertino, CA (US);
Stephen Davis, Los Gatos, CA (US);
Anne Jones, Emerald Hills, CA (US);
Thomas Dowdy, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Jeffrey Robbin, Los Altos, CA (US);
Mike Wiese, Cupertino, CA (US);
Stephen Davis, Los Gatos, CA (US);
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Abstract
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.