Patent ID: 8386588

Claim:
A computer-implemented method comprising: receiving, at a computer device, one or more episodes from a feed of serialized content, wherein the one or more episodes are received from a content server; tracking, via the computer device, a tracked position of consumption of the one or more episodes, wherein the tracked position of consumption is tracked based on consumption of the one or more episodes of the serialized content on the computer device; detecting, at the computer device, an update condition in relation to the consumption of the one or more episodes; sending, from the computer device to the content server, a request that the content server send one or more additional episodes from the feed of the serialized content, wherein the request identifies the tracked position of consumption of the one or more episodes at the computer device, wherein the content server selects the one or more additional episodes based on the tracked position of consumption identified in the request, wherein the request is sent in response to the update condition indicating that there remains only a predefined number of episode to be consumed; and receiving, at the computer device, the one or more additional episodes.