Patent ID: 8463870

Claim:
A method for providing a customized media service to a user having a consumer device, comprising: displaying on a display of the consumer device a one or more station names, wherein each of the one or more stations names identifies a station and at least one of the station names identifies a customized station created by the user; after the user selects to listen to one of the identified stations, transmitting, from the consumer device, a first request to a server, which, in response to the first request, transmits a first recording to the consumer device; receiving the first recording at the consumer device and storing the first recording in a storage unit of the consumer device; playing the first recording in response to receiving the first recording; after transmitting the first request and before the first recording finishes playing, transmitting automatically, from the consumer device, a second request to a server, which, in response to the second request, transmits a second recording to the consumer device; receiving the second recording at the consumer device; storing the second recording in the storage unit of the consumer device; and after storing the second recording and immediately after the first recording finishes playing, playing automatically the second recording.