Patent ID: 8892753

Claim:
A method, comprising: sending by a primary user to a server an indication of one or more users to be invited to use a personal channel through which the primary and invited users can forward content to the server, store the content on the server, and access the content stored on the server, wherein the content comprises at least one of an audio file, a video file, and an image file, stored by the primary or invited users on the server; determining by the server a unique local channel identifier (ULCI) for the personal channel, wherein the personal channel represents a channel through which the primary user and the one or more invited users can access the content stored on the server, such that the personal channel is identified by the ULCI, which is a single previously unassigned television channel identifier that is commonly available to the primary and invited users, wherein the ULCI determination comprises querying the primary and invited users to identify one or more unassigned channel identifiers; creating sub-channels under the personal channel, wherein each sub-channel is assigned a sub-channel ULCI by the server, and wherein each sub-channel provides access only to a subset of the content that is accessible within the personal channel; and allowing access to the personal channel, and to the content stored through the personal channel, by the primary user and the one or more invited users via the ULCI.