Patent ID: 8762492

Claim:
An Internet e-mail reminder system for transmitting e-mail reminder messages of media events over the Internet comprising: a web server for transmitting web pages of media asset identifiers over the Internet, wherein the web server is configured to: receive a user selection of a media asset from the web pages of media asset identifiers; receive an order of at least one e-mail reminder message for the media asset; receive a user selection of a selectable e-mail reminder management option; generate for display an identifier associated with the at least one e-mail reminder message, wherein the identifier associated with the at least one e-mail reminder message is displayed in an e-mail reminder management web page in response to receipt of the user selection of the selectable e-mail reminder management option, and wherein the e-mail reminder management web page includes at least one selectable option comprising at least one of: a how soon option for determining how soon to send the at least one e-mail reminder message to a user equipment device relative to the time that the media asset is to begin, and a how often option for determining how often the at least one e-mail reminder message is to be generated and sent to the user equipment device; in response to user input, modify an attribute of the at least one e-mail reminder message without modifying when the media asset is to begin; and automatically generate and transmit over the Internet the at least one e-mail reminder message to the user equipment device according to the modified attribute of the at least one e-mail reminder message to remind a user when the media asset is to begin.