Patent ID: 9357249
Filing Date: 2016-05-31
CPC Classification: H04N

Claim Text:
1. A method of providing channel information to users of a content delivery network, the method comprising: receiving, from a content curator, input defining multiple content links to include in a channel associated with the content curator, each content link including an address at which content is made available over a network; determining, using a network server system, supplemental channel information that facilitates user experience of content linked to by at least one of the multiple content links; defining, using the network server system, channel information for the channel associated with the content curator based on the multiple content links and the supplemental channel information; and publishing, using the network server system, the defined channel information at a channel link for the channel associated with the content curator to make the defined channel information available to user devices of a content delivery network, the channel link being a network address at which the defined channel information is made available to the user devices of the content delivery network, wherein determining, using the network server system, supplemental channel information that facilitates user experience of content linked to by at least one of the multiple content links comprises determining, using the network server system, one or more hot indices for at least one of the multiple content links included in the channel associated with the content curator by: wherein defining, using the network server system, channel information for the channel associated with the content curator comprises defining, using the network server system, channel information for the channel associated with the content curator based on the multiple content links and the one or more hot indices.