FIG. 3 shows a flow over time of data between various components in a system, such as the system shown in FIG. 1.

FIG. 4A, FIG. 4B, and FIG. 4C are flowcharts which illustrate a method according to one embodiment described herein.

FIG. 5 shows an example of a system which includes at least one content provider which can be a multichannel content provider coupled through one or more networks, such as the Internet to at least one device which can be configured to be set up as a set-top box for one or more content providers such as one or more multichannel content providers.

FIG. 6 is a flowchart which illustrates a method which can be performed by a generic streaming media device that has also been set up as a set-top box for one or more multichannel content providers.

FIG. 7 shows an example of a data processing system which can be used to implement one or more embodiments described herein and which can be used as an implementation of a generic streaming media device and which can also be used as an implementation of the one or more servers described herein.