Patent ID: 8073862

Claim:
A method for processing metadata associated with media items, comprising the steps of: receiving a plurality of sets of metadata, each set of metadata having a plurality of information elements associated with a video on demand (VOD) media item, one of said plurality of information elements in each set of metadata being an end of an event demonstration period, wherein said end of said event demonstration period includes an individual end date up to which a VOD media item associated with a corresponding set of metadata is available for selection said VOD media item that is associated with said set of metadata being delivered to any client upon request, at any time prior to said end of said event demonstration period; extracting subsets of the information elements from each of said sets of metadata, each subset including at least one information element corresponding to a same category of information wherein said extracted information elements include one of front data (F-data), back data (B-data) and dynamic data (D-data); wherein F-data includes data that appears on higher level user interface screens, wherein B-data is more information about an event, wherein D-data includes information that can be changed without removing the event off of the list; grouping said sets of metadata in different time classes depending on said end of said event demonstration period; generating packets of metadata based on said grouping and the extracted subsets of information elements; and loading said packets of metadata into a data carousel from which at least one of said packets is delivered to at least one client device.