Patent ID: 7784082

Claim:
A method of controlling the outputting of mass medium program material at a subscriber station, said subscriber station including an output device, a memory, a receiver, and a processor, wherein said output device is capable of presenting mass medium program material, said receiver has a signal output coupled as an input to the processor, said processor has an output operatively connected to a control input of said memory, and said memory is operatively connected to said output device for communicating mass medium program material to said output device, said method comprising the steps of: storing mass medium program material and subscriber data, said subscriber data designating a subject of interest of a subscriber; receiving an instruct-to-generate signal; generating a schedule by processing said subscriber data in response to said instruct-to-generate signal; controlling said memory to communicate said mass medium program material to said output device in accordance with said schedule; and presenting said communicated mass medium program material at said output device.