Patent ID: 8266663

Claim:
A method comprising: sending video content retrieved at a set-top box from a first source of a television system to a display device; receiving a first request at the set-top box for interactive content; sending a second request from the set-top box to at least one second source of the television system for identification of available interactive applications related to the video content in response to the first request, wherein the second request indicates one or more locations within the television system to be polled for the available interactive applications, and wherein access to the available interactive applications is authorized based on a user account associated with the television system; and sending a prioritized menu from the set-top box to the display device concurrently with the video content when one or more identifications of the available interactive applications related to the video content are received in response to the second request, wherein the prioritized menu includes a selectable menu item associated with the one or more identifications of the available interactive applications related to the video content received in response to the second request and an additional selectable menu item associated with a default interactive application retrieved from the set-top box, and wherein selectable menu items associated with the one or more identifications of the available interactive applications related to the video content have a first priority and are displayed in the prioritized menu in a position indicative of a higher priority than a position of the additional selectable menu item.