Syndication feeds for peer computer devices and peer networks
AssigneeQurio Holdings, Inc.
InventorAlfredo C. Issa
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Abstract
Syndication feeds for peer computer devices. In one aspect, a request is received at a server for a syndicated feed from a peer on a peer-to-peer network. It is determined whether the peer is currently online or offline; if online, the requested feed is pulled from the peer and served to the requestor, and if offline, the requested feed is retrieved from a cache of the server and served to the requestor. In one embodiment, an online/offline indicator is inserted in a feed by the server to indicate to the user the online or offline status.
Claims7
A method for distributing a syndicated feed from devices in a network, the method comprising:
- receiving a notification at a feed portal that a new feed has been generated on a device in the network;
- requesting the data for the new feed from a proxy server that is connected to the device;
- receiving the new feed at the feed portal from the proxy server and storing the new feed in a database;
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- serving the new feed from the database when requested by a requestor connecting to the feed portal.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.