Patent ID: 7962460

Claim:
A method for determining availability of presentable content via a subscription service, the method comprising: at a subscription server comprising a computer that includes a computer readable medium containing a computer program executable by the computer: receiving a selection of first presentable content available from a first subscription service and for presentation to a user via a first electronic device having a user interface for presenting the first presentable content to a user; receiving metadata associated with the selected first presentable content, wherein the metadata associated with the selected first presentable content includes at least one of a title of the first presentable content, a name of a performer associated with the first presentable content, a name of a creator associated with the first presentable content, a channel identifier associated with the first presentable content, a time associated with the first presentable content, a format of the first presentable content, a frame identifier associated with the first presentable content, and a content type associated with the first presentable content; determining, based on the received metadata, whether second presentable content corresponding to the first presentable content is available from a second subscription service, the second presentable content being presentable to the user via a second electronic device of a different type than the first electronic device and having a user interface for presenting the second presentable content to the user, wherein determining whether the second presentable content is available from the second subscription service using the metadata for presentable content that is related to the first presentable content; and indicating whether the second presentable content is available for presentation via the second electronic device using the second subscription service.