System and method for transformation of syndicated content for mobile delivery
View Patent ↗A method and system for embedding metadata for mobile delivery into a syndicated content feed, the method having the steps of receiving content from a syndicated content provider; embedding into the content the metadata using a standard schema extension mechanism, thereby creating modified content; and publishing the modified content. Also, a delivery server and a method within the delivery server to repackage content into a single format wrapped content envelope for delivery.
1. A method for repackaging content at a delivery server for delivery to a mobile device, the method comprising the steps of:
receiving at the delivery server, published content having embedded metadata and embedded content;
checking whether the published content is syndicated;
if the published content is syndicated:
extracting from the published content the embedded metadata;
wrapping the embedded content with at least a portion of the extracted metadata, creating wrapped content; and
if the published content is not syndicated:
checking whether the published content is enveloped:
if the published content is enveloped, extracting metadata related to the delivery server;
if the published content is not enveloped, utilizing default metadata to create enveloped content; and
sending the enveloped content to the mobile device.
2. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
retrieving published content without embedded metadata configured to wrap content; and
wrapping the published content in default metadata configured to wrap content.
3. The method of claim 2 , wherein the default metadata is created based on default channel settings for delivery to the mobile device.
4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the published content can be in different formats.
5. The method of claim 4 , wherein the different formats are selected from Atom content, RSS content and non-syndicated content.
6. The method of claim 1 , wherein the wrapping step leaves the embedded content unaltered.
7. The method of claim 1 , further comprising the step of, prior to the wrapping step, adding metadata to the extracted metadata.
8. The method of claim 1 , wherein the wrapped content is in a single format.
9. The method of claim 8 , wherein the single format is an XML envelope format.
10. The method of claim 1 , further comprising storing, in a memory associated with the delivery server, the wrapped content for delivery.
11. An apparatus for repackaging content at a delivery server for delivery to a mobile device, the apparatus comprising:
a processor; and
a memory comprising instructions that, when executed, cause the processor to:
receive, at the delivery server, published content having embedded metadata and embedded content;
check whether the published content is syndicated;
if the published content is syndicated:
extract from the published content the embedded metadata;
wrap the embedded content with at least a portion of the extracted metadata, creating wrapped content; and
if the published content is not syndicated:
check whether the published content is enveloped;
if the published content is enveloped, extract metadata related to the delivery server;
if the published content is not enveloped, utilize default metadata to create enveloped content; and
send the enveloped content to the mobile device.
12. The apparatus of claim 11 , wherein the default metadata is created based on default channel settings for delivery to the mobile device.
13. The method of claim 11 , wherein the published content can be different formats selected from Atom content and RSS content.
14. A non-transitory computer-readable medium comprising instructions that, when performed by a processor, cause the processor to:
receive, at the delivery server, published content having embedded metadata and embedded content;
check whether the published content is syndicated;
if the published content is syndicated:
extract from the published content the embedded metadata;
wrap the embedded content with at least a portion of the extracted metadata, creating wrapped content; and
if the published content is not syndicated:
check whether the published content is enveloped;
if the published content is enveloped, extract metadata related to the delivery server;
if the published content is not enveloped, utilize default metadata to create enveloped content; and
send the envelope to the mobile device.