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META CHANNEL CACHING AND INSTANT VIEWING RELATED TECHNOLOGY

  • US 20100199311A1
  • Filed: 02/05/2009
  • Published: 08/05/2010
  • Est. Priority Date: 02/05/2009
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. 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 for a particular time frame, the accessed content entries including at least one content entry that relates to a first type of content broadcast by a content provider at a specific time and at least one content entry that relates to a second type of content made available, over a network, by a content provider in response to user requests;

    based on the accessed content entries, identifying a type of content defined by each of the multiple meta-channels for the particular time frame;

    based on the identified type of content defined by each of the multiple meta-channels for the particular time frame, selecting a subset of the multiple meta-channels, the selected subset of meta-channels each defining, for the particular time frame, the second type of content made available, over a network, by a content provider in response to user requests;

    storing, in second electronic storage associated with a media system of a user, a decoded version of the content defined for the particular time frame by each of the meta-channels included in the selected subset of meta-channels; and

    in response to selection, by the user during the particular time frame, 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.

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