Patent ID: 7783722

Claim:
A method, comprising the steps of: storing one or more channel profiles; associating each of the one or more channel profiles with a personalized channel, wherein the channel profile associated with a personalized channel is used to select the recordings that are played for the personalized channel, wherein the one or more channel profiles includes a first channel profile and a second channel profile, wherein the first channel profile is associated with a first personalized channel and the second channel profile is associated with a second personalized channel; transmitting a broadcast recording over a broadcast channel, wherein the step of transmitting the broadcast recording over the broadcast channel comprises transmitting the broadcast recording to a plurality of unspecified receivers simultaneously; while the broadcast recording is being transmitted, receiving an indication from a user of a receiver tuned to the broadcast channel that the user likes the broadcast recording; modifying at least one of the one or more channel profiles in response to receiving the indication that the user likes the received broadcast recording; displaying to the user a user interface that enables the user to select either the first or second personalized channel, wherein the user interface displays both (1) a name associated with the first personalized channel and (2) a name associated with the second personalized channel; in response to the user selecting the first personalized channel, selecting a set of recordings to play for the user based on the first channel profile, but not the second channel profile, so that the set of recordings match the first channel profile; and in response to the user selecting the second personalized channel, selecting a set of recordings to play for the user based on the second channel profile, but not the first channel profile, so that the set of recordings match the second channel profile.