| 摘要 |
Media content provision through aggregation of data relating to provided content items, provision of aggregated data to user, and enabling user access to particular items via the data, wherein items constitute both scheduled and unscheduled items. A user interface for content provision comprises representations of provided content items available to user, and enabling user access to items by representation selection, wherein items are scheduled and unscheduled. A set top box comprises lower and upper software layers, the lower interacts directly with STB hardware and provides interface to the upper, the upper interacts with lower and provides user facing interface. Users are provided with access to media content from sources, comprising determining a data network connection of a remote client device providing content access, and providing configuration settings for the client depending on network. Users are provided with media content from sources comprising determining the location of a remote device providing a user with access to the media, and determining a set of accessible media in dependence upon the location. Users are provided with access to content from sources by access rights metadata or in dependence upon user characteristic. Media delivery pathway access is provided by user selection and pathway characteristic. |
