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CREATING CAPTURE TEMPLATES TO HAVE CONTENT FROM DISPARATE CONTENT SOURCES ON MULTIPLE PLATFORMS
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EXTRACTING DATA FROM CONTENT
USING THE CREATED CAPTURE TEMPLATES
GENERATING A STANDARDIZED DATA STREAM
FROM THE EXTRACTED DATA
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PROVIDING THE STANDARDIZED DATA STREAM
FOR DISPLAY ON ONE OR MORE DIFFERENT
TYPES OF PLATFORMS
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