Patent ID: 9118965
Filing Date: 2015-08-25
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
1. A method for populating one or more virtual channels with accessible video content, the method comprising: generating an index of user accessible video content, the user accessible content comprising broadcast content; acquiring video content; filtering the video content into a subset of video content to categorize, the filtering comprising applying a tunable algorithm to the video content, the tunable algorithm comprising parameters including at least one of popularity, geographical region, and age of content; adding descriptive tags to metadata associated with each piece of video content of the subset of video content; cross-matching the index of user accessible video content with the tagged subset of video content; analyzing the metadata associated with the cross-matched video content and mapping the cross-matched video content and associated metadata to one or more classifications; generating one or more virtual channels according to one or more classifications; populating the one or more generated virtual channels with cross-matched video content and associated metadata having a similar mapping to the one or more classifications, the cross-matched video content comprising one or more of broadcast content and local content; determining if a paid streaming content limit has been reached; and filtering the generated virtual channel to remove paid streaming content if the limit has been reached.