Patent ID: 8402493
Filing Date: 2013-03-19
Classification: H04H,H04N

Abstract:
1. A computer implemented method of providing a community channel platform within an on-demand content delivery system, the method comprising the steps of: (a) defining one or more community channels; (b) providing a user interface to a user for the user to select a community channel from the one or more community channels; (c) receiving selection from a user of a community channel from the one or more community channels provided in said step (b); (d) providing a user interface to the user upon receipt of the selection of the community channel in said step (c), the user interface including the following options from which the user may select: (d) providing local playback control by a user of the content delivered locally to the user, advancing by fast forwarding partway to the end, or trailing by rewinding partway to the beginning, of the content delivered locally to the user more than a predetermined amount relative to the content delivered to the entire community of users resulting in the user being presented with an option to exit a community channel and continue to view the content at the user's own pace.