Patent ID: 9571869
Date: 2017-02-14
CPC Classifications: H04N

Claim:
1. A method for utilizing a content channel on a server comprising: establishing criteria related to one or more content channels, the criteria established from selection of a second content asset selected by a user from a pool of first content assets, wherein the second content asset is not available to the user; identifying a plurality of third content assets provided by sources external to the server; assigning a weighting by the user to the plurality of third content assets; determining, by the user, a threshold value for similarity of the content assets accessed by the user; comparing, on a processor of the server, the criteria for the content channel to the plurality of third content assets; selecting a list of one or more fourth content assets that are available to the user based on the comparison of the criteria with the threshold value for similarity; creating a content channel having the selected one or more fourth content assets; providing the content channel to the user; and presenting an indication of the selected one or more fourth content assets to the user available on the content channel, the selected one or more fourth content assets not including content assets that are not available to the user, wherein each time the user makes a selection of a fourth content asset of the content channel, the list of the selected one or more fourth content assets is updated to include a new fourth content asset such that the content channel represents an endless series of non-repetitive fourth content assets that are of interests to the user, and wherein available content assets are content assets available to the user for viewing and content assets not available to the user include content assets a user's device does not have capability or functionality to reproduce.