Patent ID: 8667540

Claim:
A web-based video broadcast system, comprising: at least one web page in communication with a host system to permit a plurality of users and a plurality of content providers to access the host system, in which the host system is programmed to register a plurality of channels, each registered channel of the plurality of channels is associated with a title listing and a unique channel identifier; wherein in response to an electronic request made to the host system by a requesting content provider for an assignment of a channel to the content provider, the host system is programmed to assign and assigns the channel to the requesting content provider whereupon the channel becomes the requesting content provider's registered channel, and to permit user selection of the registered channels using the title listings and the unique channel identifiers; wherein upon assignment of a registered channel to the content provider, the host system is further programmed to permit the content provider to selectively upload to the host system a video file and associate the video file with the content provider's registered channel; and, wherein the host system is further programmed to store the video file and display the video file in response to a user selecting the content provider's registered channel using a search field area to receive the unique channel identifier via the at least one web page, where the search field area comprises two different search areas having a title search field and a channel search field to search for the content provider's registered channel.