Patent ID: 8176028

Claim:
A broadcast network platform system, comprising: at least one processor; data storage; communication means to communicate with clients and users; broadcast networks having broadcast allocation nodes and sub nodes; a client interface, further comprising: a platform client administration interface further comprising; means to add, delete, and/or modify media content; means to add, delete, and/or modify broadcast networks; means to add, delete, and/or modify video content distributions; and a platform integration system to aggregate media content and programs received from one or more sources; and means to distribute aggregated media content and programs to a plurality of devices; a user interface and aggregation system, further comprising: means to search the media content provided by the client; means to search the broadcast networks for media content; means to search broadcast allocation nodes and sub nodes in the broadcast networks for media content; means to associate at least one URL with media content; means to preview web content via media data; and means to provide a virtual representation of a hierarchical network having entities and sub-entities; a numerical indexing system for nodes and sub-nodes; means to group the entities and sub entities into the numerical indexing system; and means to search numerically assigned broadcast allocation nodes; whereby the client controls media content made available to users by the client, and the user accesses media content provided by the clients based on predetermined search criteria.