Patent ID: 8365225

Claim:
A method of providing a personalized channel service via a multimedia program network, the method comprising: configuring a multimedia processing device to receive time slot information for a plurality of multimedia content programs available via the multimedia program network; and configuring the multimedia processing device to: select, from the plurality of multimedia content programs, a most probably-desired program for a given time slot based at least in part on a user preference profile and the time slot information; respond to a user selecting a user preference channel during the given time slot by: sending a transmission request for the most probably-desired program for the given time slot to the multimedia program network; and responsive to receiving the most probably-desired program, streaming the most probably-desired program over the user preference channel; and respond to a request for a programming guide by presenting an electronic programming guide, wherein the electronic programming guide includes a plurality of time slots and an entry for the user preference channel, and wherein the user preference channel indicates most probably-desired programs selected from other channels included in the electronic programming guide for each of the plurality of time slots.