Patent ID: 8925017

Claim:
A method comprising: detecting that a subscriber entity subscribes to at least a first content service provider and a second content service provider; receiving a first message indicating content available to the subscriber entity for retrieval from the first content service provider; receiving a second message indicating content available to the subscriber entity for retrieval from the second content service provider; utilizing the received first message and the received second message to produce a content guide, the content guide specifying at least first content available to the subscriber entity for retrieval from the first content service provider and second content available to the subscriber entity for retrieval from the second content service provider; and wherein the first content service provider is a cable network service provider that provides content delivery services over a shared communication link provided by the cable network service provider, the first content service provider producing the content guide as a unified listing of multiple entries including the first content available from the first content service provider and the second content available from the second content service provider.