Patent ID: 8015302

Claim:
A method for providing Internet Protocol-enabled media channel services, comprising: provisioning an Internet-Protocol-enabled media channel in response to a request to create a media channel account, comprising: creating an account record for the media channel account, assigning a media device identifier to the account record, and assigning a network address to the media channel account, and storing the network address in the account record; populating a storage system with editable content and non-editable content, the editable content received and controlled by a user of the media channel account via a media device, and the non-editable content controlled by a network media services application in communication with the storage system, the non-editable content including content status data that distinguishes live streaming digital media versus pre-recorded digital media, and on-air versus off-air status of the live streaming digital media; and creating and presenting a media channel web page that includes the editable and non-editable content from the storage system in response to a request by the user to initiate a session for the Internet Protocol-enabled media channel.