Patent ID: 8713615

Claim:
A method for providing enhanced television services, comprising the following steps, performed by one or more processors, of: receiving, over a network, from a network terminal of a first subscriber, a first subscriber identifier associated with the first subscriber, the network comprising a bi-directional video-capable network; receiving a first request to create a shared folder from a network terminal of a second subscriber over the network, the first request comprising a second subscriber identifier associated with the second subscriber; determining whether the second subscriber is authorized to create the shared folder based on the second subscriber identifier; creating the shared folder in a database when the second subscriber is authorized; receiving, from the network terminal of the first subscriber, a second request to store content information within the shared folder; determining, based on the second request, whether the first subscriber is authorized to access the shared folder, wherein the determining comprises: comparing the first subscriber identifier to an access control list associated with the second subscriber, the access control list being stored in the database; determining whether the content information satisfies at least one content restriction associated with the shared folder, the at least one content restriction comprising a restriction on a type of content stored in the shared folder; transmitting, to the second subscriber network terminal, a notification identifying the first subscriber and the content information, when the first subscriber is authorized and the content information satisfies the at least one content restriction; receiving a response to the notification from the second subscriber network terminal; determining whether the second subscriber authorizes storage of the content information in the shared folder, based on at least the response to the notification; and storing the content information in the shared folder in response to the second request, when, the second subscriber has authorized the storage of the content information in the shared folder.