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US 10,311,136 B2Granted
Really simple syndication for data
AssigneeMicrosoft Technology Licensing, LLC
InventorsEran Megiddo, Shahar Prish
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Abstract
Really Simple Syndication (RSS) is extended to syndicate structured data as well as general content via Really Simple Syndication for data (RSSd). RSSd provides a mechanism by which tables of data can easily be made available to users and across applications. RSSd provides the ability to syndicate data directly into applications, such as spread sheet applications. RSSd is backwards compatible with RSS. Standardized metadata is utilized in each element of RSSd to enable typing of data.
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A computer-implemented method comprising:
- receiving an RSS feed containing data items, the data items having a specific tabular structure created at a source of the data items, the specific tabular structure being maintained in code of the RSS feed by computer language elements denoting the specific tabular structure, each computer language element in the RSS feed being identifiable by a predefined prefix;
- automatically generating, in a spreadsheet, the specific tabular structure denoted by the elements;
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- populating the generated specific tabular structure in the spreadsheet with the data items received in the RSS feed.
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A method comprising:
- receiving a plurality of data items to be transmitted in an RSS feed, the plurality of data items having a specific tabular structure created at a source of the plurality of data items;
- adding XML elements to code of the RSS feed to denote the specific tabular structure of the plurality of data items within the RSS feed, thereby maintaining the specific tabular structure of the plurality of data items during transmission of the plurality of data items while remaining compatible with RSS, each XML element in the RSS feed being identifiable by a predefined prefix;
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- transmitting the RSS feed containing the plurality of data items and XML elements to a subscriber of the RSS feed.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.