Patent ID: 8332894

Claim:
A method comprising: detecting that a user has requested presentation of a media content item from a media series having a prescribed sequence of media series events that are identifiable by respective media series event identifiers, the media content item containing a subset of the prescribed sequence of media series events including a subsequent media series event from the media series and the respective media series event identifiers embedded as media series metadata, the subsequent media series event part of an identified storyline; determining that the user has not consumed an antecedent media series event that is identified by the corresponding media series event identifier, the antecedent media series event not in the media content item and preceding the subsequent media series event in the prescribed sequence of media series events; and selectively sending a message notifying the user that the user has not consumed at least the antecedent media series event based on a storyline filtering determining the antecedent media series event is part of the identified storyline, or the antecedent media series event selectively ignored based on the storyline filtering determining the antecedent media series event is not part of the identified storyline; the message enabling the user to defer presentation of the media content item containing the subsequent media series event and consume the antecedent media series event in the identified storyline according to the prescribed sequence of media series events.