Patent ID: 8661148

Claim:
A system comprising: an intellectual property commercialization processor, a tangible, non-transitory memory configured to communicate with the processor, the tangible, non-transitory memory having instructions stored thereon that, in response to execution by the processor, cause the processor to perform operations comprising: transmitting, by the processor, a new channel request to a service provider for the service provider to provide a new channel associated with an industry; receiving, by the processor, and in response to the new channel request and from a requestor that received the new channel request, a new channel registration request, wherein the new channel registration request comprises new channel parameters; determining, by the processor and based on at least one of the requestor and the new channel parameters, that the new channel registration request is associated with the industry; determining, by the processor and based on the industry, a first category to associate with the new channel; saving, by the processor and to the memory, a new industry channel comprising the new channel parameters and the first category, and displaying, by the processor, a plurality of channels in a channel guide interface, wherein the plurality of channels comprises the new industry channel.