Patent ID: 7779439

Claim:
A method for suggesting alternative feature content for a video service in a content distribution system, the method comprising steps of: detecting with the content distribution system when a user stops viewing a feature program supplied by a content provider, wherein: the content provider is one of a plurality content providers providing feature programs viewable by the user, the feature program has a beginning and an end, the feature program includes everything between the beginning and the end, and the feature program optionally includes interstitial commercial programs; upon detecting that the user stops viewing the feature program, presenting the user with a choice of viewing first feature programs supplied by the content provider or viewing second feature programs supplied by other content providers of the plurality of content providers; and upon the user choosing to view the first feature programs supplied by the content provider: determining a plurality of alternative feature programs from the first feature programs supplied by the content provider, whereby second feature programs supplied by other content providers of the plurality of content providers are excluded from the plurality of alternative feature programs, and presenting in a signal the plurality of alternative feature programs for selection to the user based on the detecting step.