Patent ID: 8887199

Claim:
A method for specifying a virtual channel (VC) by use of a VC template, comprising the steps of: defining a virtual channel by providing at least one template having a VC type and at least one settable parameter, the at least one settable parameter being selected from the group consisting of resumption strategy, and deletion strategy; associating an action with each of the at least one settable parameter, the action being selected from the group consisting of set with provided default value, set with provided default value and allow edit thereof, set with a previous setting and allow edit thereof, and set with prompted-for value; associating a behavior of a user with an implicit selection of the VC template; displaying a VC template based on a VC template selection based upon an explicit selection of the VC template or an implicit selection of the VC template by the associated behavior of a user; and specifying a VC by performing the associated parameter setting action for the displayed virtual channel template.