Patent ID: 8775949

Claim:
A method executed on a client device coupled to a distributed computer network, the method comprising: receiving, at the client device, a message from a server device inviting an attendee to attend a network-based media event, wherein the network-based media event has been scheduled at the server device; sending, at a registration time, a response to the message agreeing to attend the network-based media event; receiving, at the client device from the server device at the registration time, executable program code that includes information identifying a scheduled time of the media event, the executable program code configured to: compare a system time to the media event scheduled time identified in the executable program code; and automatically launch, without user intervention, an Internet browser on the client device for presentation of the media event when a predetermined difference between the system time and the media event scheduled time is reached, wherein the executable program code automatically launches the Internet browser when the Internet browser is not already running on the client device.