PODCASTS

June 18, 2006

Rethink(IP) Aloud - New Podcast Available at Rethink(IP)

There is a new podcast available over at Rethink(IP):

We are proud to announce that our newest podcast is available for your down loading and listening pleasure – Rethink(IP) Aloud #6. 

The audio is approximately 47 minutes long and the file is a 41.1MB file.  If you want to grab the RSS feed and subscribe to the Rethink(IP) Aloud podcast – you can get it via FeedBurner at Rethink(IP) Aloud Podcast.

This podcast is the audio portion of Matt’s lecture on U.S. patent reform in 2006 and covers the efforts happening in the 109th Congress and at the Supreme Court and USPTO.  We posted the video of the presentation over at Phosita last week and received many requests for an audio only version.  Matt’s PowerPoint slides to go along with the Patent Reform lecture are also available.

The intro and ending music is “Patricia” by Billy May and his Orchestra off the Ultra-Lounge Vol. 11 album.

Happy father’s day!

Posted by Douglas Sorocco at 02:11 PM.
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PODCASTS

March 07, 2006

uspto pdf electronic filing system podcast

If you are interested in patent wonkiness – head on over to Rethink(IP) to listen to an interview/podcast Steve Nipper and Matt Buchanan had with Carl Oppedahl on the new electronic patent application filing system being rolled out by the USPTO on March 17, 2006.

According to Carl’s comments (he was a beta tester of the new system), this time the USPTO has gotten it right: easy to use, accountability and reliability.

It’s a long conversation (50 minutes) but well worth the listen!

Posted by Douglas Sorocco at 02:29 PM.
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PODCASTS

April 24, 2005

podcast searching : wicked cool possibilites

TVEyes has launched the first full-text search engine for podcasts. Called Podscope, it appears to be capable of converting audio to text, indexing the text, and keying the specific location of the text to the audio found in podcasts.

From the FAQ:

How does it work?
Just like any other search engine. You enter a word or phrase in the input box, and we’ll show you a list of results. By clicking on the (+) sign next to each result, you can select snippets of audio to help you decide whether to listen to the whole podcast or even subscribe. If you know about Search Inside the Book™, that’s what we do for audio/video.

No, I mean how does the technology work?
Well, we could tell you, but then we’d have to… Um, magic.

Gotta love smart-alecs.

Podscope was launched last week and has the blogosphere all in a twist.  At first glance, the search is fairly exciting - the ability to keyword search podcasts and directly click through to the “almost” precise spot in the audio where the search term is found. 

Searches on the terms patent or trademark or copyright turned up interesting podcasts that I had never heard of before — and some things I never hope to hear again.  As with all internet searching, be warned – you never know what you might stumble across.

If you’ve got your own podcast feed – get on over to Podscope and submit it. 

Posted by Douglas Sorocco at 09:04 AM.
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