Patent ID: 9270963
Filing Date: 2016-02-23
CPC Classification: H04N

Claim Text:
1. A computer-implemented method, comprising: receiving input that indicates particular media content to which to create a shortcut at a set-top device, the particular media content being unavailable for retrieval via a particular process at the time of the input; based on the input, creating and storing a shortcut object that comprises a reference to the particular process that allows retrieval of the particular media content; responsive to detecting that the particular media content is available for retrieval via the particular process, automatically presenting a menu item including the shortcut object corresponding to the particular media content; the set-top device automatically selecting which menu, from among a plurality of menus, to present the menu item in based on at least one of: a population density of menu items in the selected menu, a number of input commands to access the selected menu from a main menu, or a frequency of access of the selected menu; responsive to receiving input that selects the menu item from the selected menu, the set-top device executing the referenced particular process to cause retrieval of the particular media content; and presenting, at the set-top device, the retrieved particular media content; wherein the method is performed by one or more computing devices.