Patent ID: 7412534

Claim:
A system comprising: a subscription engine implemented on a server configured to communicate with rendering devices over a network, the subscription engine configured to receive feed subscription requests from a user via a first rendering device in communication with the server; and a subscription data store in communication with the server, the subscription data store comprising subscription information associated with the user, wherein the subscription information identifies one or more feeds that the user is currently subscribed to and comprises user-generated directions received by the server, the feeds being accessible at remote computing devices; wherein each of the subscription requests comprises a request to monitor the feed for the addition of new episodes, the new episodes being accessible at one or more remote computing devices, and wherein the subscription information identifies a list of currently subscribed feeds based on feed subscription requests received by the server from the user, a history of episodes rendered by the user as a result of render requests received by the server from the user, and display information to selectively display subscription information.