Patent ID: 8191088

Claim:
A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium, comprising computer instructions which when executed by a processor cause the processor to perform operations comprising: monitoring media content for presentation by a set top box, wherein the monitoring of the media content is based on information extracted from at least one of playback recordings and viewing of regularly scheduled recordings, wherein the scheduled recordings are of media programming scheduled for future broadcast; monitoring at least a query of a plurality of media sources over the Internet for ancillary information; determining related media content having a degree of relation to the media content while the media content is being presented and having a degree of relation to the query of the plurality of media sources for ancillary information, wherein the media content and the related media content differ in content; querying the plurality of media sources over the Internet for the ancillary information associated with the related media content; parsing the ancillary information based on content criteria, wherein the ancillary information is at least one among a video blog, a pod cast, and a website, and wherein the content criteria is based at least in part on viewed previous ancillary information; retrieving access information associated with each of the media sources and the related media content; presenting viewing options based at least in part on the media content and the access information, wherein the access information includes information regarding complimentary episodes and fee-based episodes; and providing access to the related media content based upon a selection of one of the viewing options.