Patent ID: 8607274
Filing Date: 2013-12-10
Classification: G06F,H04L,H04N

Abstract:
1. A method of controlling a media system based on meta-channel information, the method comprising: storing, in electronic storage, meta-channel information defining multiple meta-channels that identify content entries and that indicate an order with which to experience the content entries; receiving, from a particular user, a selection of a meta-channel included in the multiple meta-channels defined by the meta-channel information; accessing, from the electronic storage, meta-channel information corresponding to the selected meta-channel; based on the accessed meta-channel information corresponding to the selected meta-channel, determining that the selected meta-channel defines a dynamically configurable content entry that maps to multiple possible content entries; accessing preferences of the particular user; selecting, from among the multiple possible content entries, a single content entry for the dynamically configurable content entry based on the accessed preferences of the particular user; and controlling a media system to render content based on the selected content entry, wherein the selected meta-channel includes a content interrupt that defines content-related events that, when detected, trigger substitution of other content for content currently being rendered, the content-related events resulting in substitution: wherein the method further comprises: