Patent ID: 8402503

Claim:
A multimedia system comprising: a receiver configured to: receive a plurality of channels and a plurality of data feeds that are different from the plurality of channels; and present for display multimedia content on a first device; a profile store configured to store a user profile for a particular user; a controller configured to direct the receiver to select a first program of a first channel of the plurality of channels and to direct at least the first program to the first device; and an analyzer coupled to the receiver and the profile store, the analyzer configured to: monitor a first source to identify content of interest for the particular user based on the user profile; send a notification indicator to the first device via the receiver when the content of interest is identified, the notification indicator indicating that the content of interest has been identified; and in response to user input responsive to the notification indicator, send a menu display to the first device, the menu display including a first user selectable option to view a submenu, wherein the submenu comprises an option to selectively enable display of an alert associated with the first source in response to information indicating that an alert condition exists and wherein the alert is displayable on the first device in conjunction with the first program of the first channel.