Patent ID: 7996552

Claim:
A method for distributing information, comprising the steps of: receiving information at a receiver of a user from a distribution system having one or more communication channels for sending the information; wherein select ones of the one or more communication channels are designated for the transmission of one or more discrete information data streams; wherein the one or more discrete information data streams are received over the select ones of the one or more communication channels, each of the one or more discrete information data streams having a unique ID associated therewith, which unique ID for each of the one or more discrete information data streams is unique to a user; the user associated with a monitoring interface of the user that is connected to the receiver, the unique ID associated with that user and a desired one of the one or more discrete information data streams; selecting, in the monitoring interface associated with the user, selected ones of the one or more discrete information data streams according to the respective unique IDs for download via the receiver; and downloading the selected one or more discrete information data streams to a user storage device during a scheduled time for use by the user, the user storage device connected to the receiver through the monitoring interface.