Patent ID: 8516521

Claim:
A method, comprising: providing information associated with a live program for display on a video display device; providing a live interactive content icon, for display on the video display device, when a current time is before an end time of the live program, the live interactive content icon indicating a capability of a user viewing the live program on the video display device to participate and interact remotely with other participants of the live program; providing, when the current time is after the end time of the live program, information to the video display device to remove the display of the live interactive content icon and to display an on-demand content icon on the video display device, the on-demand content icon indicating that the live program was recorded and available on demand; comparing prerequisite information with information indicative of the user, wherein the prerequisite information is associated with the live program and includes a required minimum achievement level in an academic class in which the user is a student; and based on the comparison, providing the live program for display on the video display device when an actual achievement level of the user in the academic class meets or exceeds the minimum achievement level and denying providing the live program for display on the video display device when the actual achievement level of the user does not meet the minimum achievement level.