Patent ID: 7117516

Claim:
A method for providing customized digital media from a computer system to a user over an electronic network comprising: receiving data from a user, directly or through an intermediary, which data identifies the user; generating a customized media list at the computer system, based on personalized data of the user, wherein the list comprises a program or advertisement including at least one entertainment or information program or advertisement, or any combination of such programs or advertisements, which program or advertisement is selected from media options available independent of a broadcast schedule, the media options being stored at the computer system; storing the customized media list at the computer system, wherein the customized media list is not stored at the user; storing customized media corresponding to the customized media list at the computer system; and delivering directly to the user from the computer system over the network the customized media, without storing the customized media local to the user, independent of a broadcast schedule.