Patent ID: 8015506
Filing Date: 2011-09-06
Classification: G06F,H04N

Abstract:
1. A method of presenting a customized menu item in a menu display of a media application, the method comprising: receiving one or more application packages from a communications network at a computer system, wherein each application package contains one or more resources for customized application pages of the media application; storing the one or more application packages on the computer system in a storage system external to the media application; accessing internal menu markup data of the media application for rendering a set of menu items for the menu display; determining that the internal menu markup data indicates that the set of menu items for the menu display includes one or more built-in menu items installed with the media application, wherein: determining that the internal menu markup data includes a placeholder for an offering tile for a customized menu item within the set of menu items for the menu display, wherein: searching for the application package and the resource referenced by the placeholder in the storage system external to the media application; if the application package and the resource referenced by the placeholder are found in the storage system external to the media application: if the application package and the resource referenced by the placeholder are not found in the storage system external to the media application: