Patent ID: 8875172

Claim:
A method of providing channel information to users of a content delivery network, the method comprising: receiving, from a content curator, input defining multiple content links to include in a channel associated with the content curator, each content link including an address at which content is made available over a network; determining, using a network server system, supplemental channel information that facilitates user experience of content linked to by at least one of the multiple content links; defining, using the network server system, channel information for the channel associated with the content curator based on the multiple content links and the supplemental channel information; publishing, using the network server system, the defined channel information at a channel link for the channel associated with the content curator to make the defined channel information available to user devices of a content delivery network, the channel link being a network address at which the defined channel information is made available to the user devices of the content delivery network; determining, using the network server system, that one or more modifications to the channel information that defines the channel associated with the content curator are needed; in response to the determination that one or more modifications to the channel information that defines the channel associated with the content curator are needed, identifying, using the network server system, updated channel information that defines updates to the channel information needed to make the one or more modifications; publishing, using the network server system, the updated channel information at the channel link for the channel associated with the content curator such that user devices of subscribers to the channel associated with the content curator receive the updated channel information through the channel link; determining whether a user has already experienced all content impacted by the updated channel information; based on a determination that the user has not already experienced all content impacted by the updated channel information, providing an update message to indicate the updated channel information; and based on a determination that the user has already experienced all content impacted by the updated channel information, withholding the update message.