Patent ID: 7194235

Claim:
A media content channel system comprising: a first network element coupled to broadcast primary content; a second network element coupled to provide supplementary content via a digital communications channel, wherein the supplementary content includes a description of a predetermined interval for updating the secondary content based on the primary content; a user interface to receive user commands; and a mobile terminal coupled to receive the primary content via a broadcast media channel that is selected in response to the user commands, wherein the mobile terminal comprises a media channel controller coupled to detect the selection of the broadcast media channel and coupled to interactively download the supplementary content via the digital communications channel in response to the selection of a the broadcast media channel, wherein the mobile terminal further comprises a secondary player capable of receiving markup language content from the digital communications channel and make at least part of the supplementary content perceivable to a user of the mobile terminal, wherein the secondary player is configured to update the supplementary content at the predetermined interval.