Patent ID: 7913280
Filing Date: 2011-03-22
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
1. A method for creating and maintaining a custom media channel within an Interactive Digital Program Guide (IDPG) of a device receiving television content comprising: defining user preferences for the custom media channel; periodically searching, automatically, a plurality of websites on the Internet to identify a plurality of media presentations that satisfy the user preferences; downloading a first media presentation of the plurality of media presentations to a local storage unit based on a determination that the first media presentation comprises downloadable content; storing in the local storage unit a uniform resource locator (URL) identifying a location on the Internet of a second media presentation of the plurality of media presentations based on a determination that the second media presentation comprises streamable content; modifying the IDPG to include a custom media channel that identifies the plurality of media presentations; providing a display of the IDPG on the device, wherein the display includes television channels and the custom media channel that identifies the plurality of media presentations; and effecting sequential playback of the plurality of media presentations.