# US 10,873,643 B2 · Unified content posting > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 10,873,643 B2 - Document ID: US10873643B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 16/402,615 - Filed: 2019-05-03 - Published: 2019-12-19 - Granted: 2020-12-22 - Earliest claimed: 2014-06-02 - Assignees: Intel Corporation - Applicants: Intel Corporation - Inventors: Junyong Jonathan Ding; Bo Huang - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US10873643B2 ## CPC - H04L 67/562: Brokering proxy services - G06F 16/957: Browsing optimisation, e.g. caching or content distillation - G06F 16/958: Organisation or management of web site content, e.g. publishing, maintaining pages or automatic linking - H04L 63/126: {the source of the received data} - H04L 67/02: based on web technology, e.g. hypertext transfer protocol [HTTP] - H04L 67/56: Provisioning of proxy services (store-and-forward switching systems in data switching networks H04L12/54) - H04L 67/565: Conversion or adaptation of application format or content (adding application control or application functional data H04L67/561) - H04L 67/567: Integrating service provisioning from a plurality of service providers - H04N 21/2181: {comprising remotely distributed storage units, e.g. when movies are replicated over a plurality of video servers (distributed storage of data in networks, e.g. transport arrangements for network file system [NFS], storage area networks [SAN] or network attached storage [NAS], H04L67/1097)} - H04N 21/231: Content storage operation, e.g. caching movies for short term storage, replicating data over plural servers, prioritizing data for deletion - H04N 21/2393: {involving handling client requests (scheduling or organising the servicing of application requests H04L67/60)} - H04N 21/41407: {embedded in a portable device, e.g. video client on a mobile phone, PDA, laptop (constructional details of equipment or arrangements specially adapted for portable computer application G06F1/1626; arrangements specially adapted for mobile receivers in broadcast systems H04H20/57)} - H04N 21/437: Interfacing the upstream path of the transmission network, e.g. for transmitting client requests to a VOD server {(flow control in data networks H04L47/10; streaming protocols, e.g. RTP or RTCP, H04L65/65; scheduling or organising the servicing of application requests in data packet switching networks H04L67/60)} - H04N 21/4788: communicating with other users, e.g. chatting {(arrangements for providing for computer conferences, e.g. chat rooms, to substation in data switching networks H04L12/1813; distributed application using peer-to-peer [P2P] networks H04L67/104)} - H04N 21/8586: {by using a URL (processing chained hypermedia data for information retrieval G06F16/94; information retrieval from the Internet by using URLs G06F16/955; URL in broadcast information H04H20/93; Web-based protocols H04L67/02)} - H04L: TRANSMISSION OF DIGITAL INFORMATION, e.g. TELEGRAPHIC COMMUNICATION (arrangements common to telegraphic and telephonic communication H04M) - G06F: ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING (computer systems based on specific computational models G06N) - H04N: PICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION ## Abstract Methods, apparatuses and systems to provide a unified content posting mechanism. ## Claims ### Claim 1 An apparatus for communication with multiple web-accessible servers and a client computer device, at least in part via a network, the apparatus comprising: at least one broker service server to provide services that comprise at least one broker service; the at least one broker service comprising facilitating signing onto the multiple web-accessible servers in response, at least in part, to data provided by the client computer device for use by the at least one broker service server, at least one portion of the data for being used to identify a user of the client computer device; wherein: the at least one broker service is to facilitate the signing onto the multiple web-accessible servers based upon pre-stored key-related information stored at the at least one broker service server, the pre-stored key-related information being (1) associated, at least in part, with the user, and (2) different from the at least one portion of the data; the services are to be invoked, at least in part, via at least one Uniform Resource Locator (URL); the at least one broker service server is to receive other data associated with the client computer device via the network; and the services also comprise other capabilities including converting, at least in part, format of the other data into other formats associated with other services. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The apparatus of claim 1, wherein: the at least one broker service server comprises a plurality of distributed servers. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The apparatus of claim 1, wherein: the at least one broker service server comprises a central server. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The apparatus of claim 1, wherein: the at least one broker service server is to provide at least one proxy-related service. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The apparatus of claim 1, wherein: the pre-stored key-related information comprises private key information. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The apparatus of claim 1, wherein: the at least one broker service server comprises: computer-readable storage storing computer-executable instructions for provision of the at least one broker service; and multiple processors to execute the computer-executable instructions. ### Claim 7 Non-transitory computer-readable memory storing instructions that are for being executed by at least one broker service server, the at least one broker service server being for communication, when the at least one broker service server is in operation, with multiple web-accessible servers and a client computer device, at least in part, via a network, the instructions when executed by the at least one broker service server resulting in the at least one broker service server being configured to perform operations comprising: providing, by the at least one broker service server, services that comprise at least one broker service; the at least one broker service comprising facilitating signing onto the multiple web-accessible servers in response, at least in part, to data provided by the client computer device for use by the at least one broker service server, at least one portion of the data for being used to identify a user of the client computer device; wherein: the at least one broker service is to facilitate the signing onto the multiple web-accessible servers based upon pre-stored key-related information stored at the at least one broker service server, the pre-stored key-related information being (1) associated, at least in part, with the user, and (2) different from the at least one portion of the data; the services are to be invoked, at least in part, via at least one Uniform Resource Locator (URL); the at least one broker service server is to receive other data associated with the client computer device via the network; and the services also comprise other capabilities including converting, at least in part, format of the other data into other formats associated with other services. ### Claim 8 (depends on 7) The non-transitory computer-readable memory of claim 7, wherein: the at least one broker service server comprises a plurality of distributed servers. ### Claim 9 (depends on 7) The non-transitory computer-readable memory of claim 7, wherein: the at least one broker service server comprises a central server. ### Claim 10 (depends on 7) The non-transitory computer-readable memory of claim 7, wherein: the at least one broker service server is to provide at least one proxy-related service. ### Claim 11 (depends on 7) The non-transitory computer-readable memory of claim 7, wherein: the pre-stored key-related information comprises private key information. ### Claim 12 (depends on 7) The non-transitory computer-readable memory of claim 7, wherein: the at least one broker service server comprises multiple processors to execute the computer-executable instructions. ### Claim 13 A method implemented, at least in part, using at least one broker service server, the at least one broker service server being for communication, when the at least one broker service server is in operation, with multiple web-accessible servers and a client computer device, at least in part, via a network, the method comprising: providing, by the at least one broker service server, services that comprise at least one broker service; the at least one broker service comprising facilitating signing onto the multiple web-accessible servers in response, at least in part, to data provided by the client computer device for use by the at least one broker service server, at least one portion of the data for being used to identify a user of the client computer device; wherein: the at least one broker service is to facilitate the signing onto the multiple web-accessible servers based upon pre-stored key-related information stored at the at least one broker service server, the pre-stored key-related information being (1) associated, at least in part, with the user, and (2) different from the at least one portion of the data; the services are to be invoked, at least in part, via at least one Uniform Resource Locator (URL); the at least one broker service server is to receive other data associated with the client computer device via the network; and the services also comprise other capabilities including converting, at least in part, format of the other data into other formats associated with other services. ### Claim 14 (depends on 13) The method of claim 13, wherein: the at least one broker service server comprises a plurality of distributed servers. ### Claim 15 (depends on 13) The method of claim 13, wherein: the at least one broker service server comprises a central server. ### Claim 16 (depends on 13) The method of claim 13, wherein: the at least one broker service server is to provide at least one proxy-related service. ### Claim 17 (depends on 13) The method of claim 13, wherein: the pre-stored key-related information comprises private key information. ### Claim 18 (depends on 13) The method of claim 13, wherein: the at least one broker service server comprises: computer-readable storage storing computer-executable instructions for provision of the at least one broker service; and multiple processors to execute the computer-executable instructions. ### Claim 19 An apparatus for communication with multiple web-accessible servers and a client computer device, at least in part via a network, the apparatus comprising: at least one broker service server means for providing services that comprise at least one broker service; the at least one broker service comprising facilitating signing onto the multiple web-accessible servers in response, at least in part, to data provided by the client computer device for use by the at least one broker service server means, at least one portion of the data for being used to identify a user of the client computer device; wherein: the at least one broker service is to facilitate the signing onto the multiple web-accessible servers based upon pre-stored key-related information stored at the at least one broker service server means, the pre-stored key-related information being (1) associated, at least in part, with the user, and (2) different from the at least one portion of the data; the services are to be invoked, at least in part, via at least one Uniform Resource Locator (URL); the at least one broker service server means is to receive other data associated with the client computer device via the network; and the services also comprise other capabilities including converting, at least in part, format of the other data into other formats associated with other services. ### Claim 20 (depends on 19) The apparatus of claim 19, wherein: the at least one broker service server means comprises a plurality of distributed servers. ### Claim 21 (depends on 19) The apparatus of claim 19, wherein: the at least one broker service server means comprises a central server. ### Claim 22 (depends on 19) The apparatus of claim 19, wherein: the at least one broker service server means is to provide at least one proxy-related service. ### Claim 23 (depends on 19) The apparatus of claim 19, wherein: the pre-stored key-related information comprises private key information. ### Claim 24 (depends on 19) The apparatus of claim 19, wherein: the at least one broker service server means comprises: computer-readable storage storing computer-executable instructions for provision of the at least one broker service; and multiple processors to execute the computer-executable instructions.