TECHNIQUES AND SYSTEMS FOR SUPPORTING PODCASTING

    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

    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.

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