Patent ID: 8775656

Claim:
A system for receiving and processing media content, comprising: a format converter configured to: receive encrypted broadcast media content from a broadcast delivery infrastructure; decrypt the encrypted broadcast media content; convert the decrypted broadcast media content into an Internet Protocol (IP) format; and apply digital rights management protection to the broadcast media content converted into the IP format, the format converter thereby providing rights-protected media content expressed in the IP format; a network interface device for receiving on-demand media content from an IP delivery infrastructure, the on-demand media content being expressed in the IP format; an IP processing device configured to: receive and process one of a first output signal generated by the format converter and a second output signal generated by the network interface device; present a single electronic program guide (“EPG”) that integrates metadata associated with media content from the broadcast delivery infrastructure and the IP delivery infrastructure and present a separate EPG for the media content from each of the broadcast delivery infrastructure and the IP delivery infrastructure; and temporally intersperse the media content received from each of the broadcast delivery infrastructure and the IP delivery infrastructure into media content received from another infrastructure, the temporally interspersed media content being simultaneously displayed in a same window, and wherein temporally interspersing the media content is based on at least one of a predetermined selection of the interspersed media content or a dynamic selection of the interspersed media content based at least in part on one or more triggering events.