Patent ID: 7703118

Claim:
A method comprising: recording a usage pattern of an electronic media device, wherein the usage pattern includes a pattern of user interaction with the electronic media device; communicating the usage pattern to a scheduling server, the usage pattern includes a first user interaction with the electronic media device, if a duration between first user interaction and an immediately subsequent user interaction is less than a predetermined period of time; receiving an identification of one future time period for receiving television program broadcast media content comprising actual television programs by datacasting during a time period when receiver resources are unutilized by real time use by the user to view broadcast media content, the time period calculated by the scheduling server based on a likelihood of inactivity of the electronic media device according to the usage pattern; and receiving the programs by datacasting during the time period and when receiver resources of the media device are unutilized by real time use by the user to view broadcast media content, wherein the television program broadcast media content includes a plurality of television programs to be displayed during a plurality of different time periods, wherein each different time period is different than every other different time period and is different than the time period of the datacasting.