Patent ID: 8458746

Claim:
A method of enabling a media system to render content, the method comprising: storing, in first electronic storage, meta-channel information defining multiple meta-channels that identify content entries and that indicate an order with which to experience the content entries; accessing, from the meta-channel information stored in the first electronic storage, content entries corresponding to content defined by each of the multiple meta-channels, the accessed content entries including at least one content entry that relates to a first type of content and at least one content entry that relates to a second type of content; based on the accessed content entries, identifying a type of content defined by each of the multiple meta-channels; based on the identified type of content defined by each of the multiple meta-channels, selecting a subset of the multiple meta-channels, the selected subset of meta-channels each defining the second type of content; storing, in second electronic storage associated with a media system of a user, a decoded version of the content defined by each of the meta-channels included in the selected subset of meta-channels; and in response to selection, by the user, of one of the meta-channels included in the selected subset of meta-channels, controlling the media system to render content defined by the selected meta-channel using the decoded version of the content stored in the second electronic storage associated with the media system of the user, wherein selecting the subset of the multiple meta-channels comprises: identifying a first meta-channel included in the multiple meta-channels that defines a first Internet video; determining that the first Internet video is ready for viewing in a first time that is less than a threshold time; identifying a second meta-channel included in the multiple meta-channels that defines a second Internet video; determining that the second Internet video is ready for viewing in a second time that is more than the threshold time; and based on the determination that the first Internet video is ready for viewing in the first time that is less than the threshold time and the determination that the second Internet video is ready for viewing in the second time that is more than the threshold time, including the second meta-channel in the selected subset of the multiple meta-channels while excluding the first meta-channel from the selected subset of the multiple meta-channels.