公开(公告)号：HK1121829A1

公开(公告)日：2009-04-30

申请号：HK08113203

申请日：2008-12-04

Applicant: APPLE INC

Inventor： DOWDY THOMAS ,  JONES ANNE ,  ROBBIN JEFFREY ,  WIESE MIKE ,  DAVIS STEPHEN

IPC: G06F20060101

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.