Patent ID: 7836196

Claim:
A system supporting user defined filtering of media consumption in a media exchange network, the system comprising: at least one processor operably coupled to a display device that supports consumption of media, to a communication network, and to storage for storing media, the storage communicatively coupled to the display device and having an associated first network address; wherein the at least one processor generates data representing a user interface for display on the display device, the user interface having at least one view comprising a collection of media channels, each media channel in the collection of media channels comprising a sequence of media available to a first user, the display and consumption of each media channel subject to at least one media filter, the at least one media filter comprising characteristics of media defined by a second user having an associated second network address; and wherein the at least one processor communicates with at least one server that receives via the communication network a request identifying one of the associated first and second network addresses, and that responds by identifying the other of the associated first and second network addresses to coordinate the consumption of media.