Patent ID: 8707366

Claim:
A method of dynamically broadcasting programming, comprising: receiving, via emails, tokens from a plurality of clients, each token associated with a program selection of a particular program that is not included in a broadcast schedule, each token comprising encryption/decryption data, authentication data, program characteristics, format data and a global identifier of a user; determining if a sufficient number of program selections have been received regarding the particular program to indicate adjustment of the broadcast schedule to include the particular program; adjusting the broadcast schedule to include the particular program in response to the sufficient number of tokens having been received; translating each of the received tokens from the plurality of clients, the translating comprising: inputting a universal programming identifier that represents the particular program in a global programming environment comprising multiple local tuning spaces; identifying a local tuning space associated with a specific client within the multiple local tuning spaces; combining program segments and commercials to customize the particular program for the identified local tuning space; and outputting local programming data identifying information about the particular program indicated by the universal programming identifier within the local tuning space; transmitting to each of the plurality of clients a respective translation of a respective received token, the respective translation performs: identifying the particular program within a local tuning space associated with each of the plurality of clients; and automatically programming each of the plurality of clients to record the particular program according to the local tuning space associated with each of the plurality of clients, the authentication data and the global identifier of the user; and broadcasting the particular program simultaneously to the plurality of clients according to the adjusted broadcast schedule and the programming.