Patent ID: 9654831
Date: 2017-05-16
CPC Classifications: H04N

Claim:
1. A method comprising: via computer processor hardware, performing operations of: receiving attribute information assigned to a subscriber in a network environment, the attribute information specifying a type of content of interest to the subscriber, the subscriber having access to different content available over multiple selectable channels; utilizing the attribute information assigned to the subscriber to identify particular available content classified as being within the type of content of interest to the subscriber; producing a supplemental playback channel selectable by the subscriber, the supplemental playback channel assigned to distribute the particular available content classified as being within the type of content of interest to the subscriber; including an identity of the supplemental playback channel as being selectable from a channel lineup in a content guide including identities of the multiple selectable channels; wherein the particular available content is content scheduled for future delivery including first content available from a first channel of the multiple selectable channels and second content available from a second channel of the multiple selectable channels, the method further comprising: producing the selectable supplemental playback channel to distribute the first content available from the first channel and the second content available from the second channel; wherein the selectable supplemental playback channel is a virtual channel selectable by the subscriber to view the first content and the second content; wherein the first content is available in a first broadcast time slot of the content guide and the second content is available from a second broadcast time slot of the content guide, the method further comprising: in response to selection of the virtual channel the first broadcast time slot, tuning to the first channel in the channel lineup to playback the first content on a display screen viewed by the subscriber; and in response to selection of the virtual channel during the second broadcast timeslot, tuning to the second channel in the channel lineup to playback the second content on the display screen viewed by the subscriber.