SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING RSS CONTENT IN A BROADCAST SYSTEM

摘要

A system and method for providing RSS content in a broadcast system. According to one embodiment, a method for providing RSS content in a broadcast system comprises the acts of: periodically retrieving, at a broadcast station (102), RSS content from at least one remote source (110) storing the RSS content; parsing the retrieved RSS content to generate transformed RSS content; formatting the transformed RSS content; and transmitting the formatted transformed RSS content from the broadcast station (102) to a plurality of receivers (106). According to another embodiment, a "user initiated retrieval" method retrieves RSS content from at least one remote source (110) storing the RSS content only in response to a user initiated request.