Patent ID: 8671214

Claim:
A method of providing perishable content via a media channel, the method comprising: receiving at a content server, from a user of a device coupled to the content server via a communication network, user input associated with a customized media channel, the user input indicating: a category of perishable content associated with the customized media channel; a geographic location preference associated with both the category of perishable content and the customized media channel; preferred non-perishable media content to be included in the customized media channel wherein the category of perishable content comprises a category including original content provided by other users; a user preference to limit perishable content from the category of perishable content to original content provided by particular users; a preferred sequence of presenting items belonging to the category of perishable content with respect to the non-perishable media content; selecting an item of perishable content belonging to the category of perishable content and associated with the geographic location preference, by executing at least one computer instruction; and transmitting the item of perishable content and preferred non-perishable media content over the customized media channel in the preferred sequence, by executing at least one computer instruction.