Microsoft patenta ideas relacionadas con RSS

Microsoft patentó en Estados Unidos conceptos relacionados con RSS (Really Simple Syndication). Esto no es la primera vez que sucede, y no parece abarcar la definción del formato en sí. Pero es para tener en cuenta. La presentación en la oficina de patentes:

Finding and consuming web subscriptions in a web browser
A content syndication platform, such as a web content syndication platform, manages, organizes and makes available for consumption content that is acquired from the Internet. In at least some embodiments, the platform can acquire and organize web content, and make such content available for consumption by many different types of applications. These applications may or may not necessarily understand the particular syndication format. An application program interface (API) exposes an object model which allows applications and users to easily accomplish many different tasks such as creating, reading, updating, deleting feeds and the like. Further, in at least some embodiments, a user can subscribe to a particular web feed, be provided with a user interface that contains distinct indicia to identify new feeds, and can efficiently consume or read RSS feeds using both an RSS reader and a web browser.

(Esta patente no reclama a RSS, sino que se apoya en el formato)

Content syndication platform
A content syndication platform, such as a web content syndication platform, manages, organizes and makes available for consumption content that is acquired from the Internet. In at least some embodiments, the platform can acquire and organize web content, and make such content available for consumption by many different types of applications. These applications may or may not necessarily understand the particular syndication format. An application program interface (API) exposes an object model which allows applications and users to easily accomplish many different tasks such as creating, reading, updating, deleting feeds and the like.

(Esta patente, tampoco parece reclamar al protocolo).

Publicado en Dr.Dobbs, que menciona los comentarios de Dave Winer y Nick Bradbury.