Patent ID: 9729932
Date: 2017-08-08
CPC Classifications: H04N

Claim:
1. A method for communicating content to a user device from a content processing system comprising: receiving program guide data for linear channels at the user device, said linear channels broadcasting content at predetermined times; receiving future available non-linear content data at the user device corresponding to future available non-linear content, said program guide data different than the future available non-linear content data, said future available non-linear content corresponding to content that is currently unavailable for being communicated and that is communicated to the user device only after a predetermined future time upon request, said future available non-linear content is not broadcasted at a predetermined time; storing the program guide data in the user device; storing the future available non-linear content data in a memory of the user device; displaying program guide data on a first screen and the future available non-linear content data on a second screen separate from the first screen; thereafter, forming a future non-linear content selection; thereafter, storing the future non-linear content selection in a queue of the user device until the predetermined future time and displaying a content queue display for the future available non-linear content in the queue; after the predetermined future time, communicating a material identification of the future non-linear content selection to the content processing system located separate from the user device; communicating the future available non-linear content corresponding to the material identification to the user device through a network in response to the material identification; storing the future available non-linear content in the user device; and displaying the future available non-linear content as available in a screen display after or during storing.