The notification system identifies media content based on personal preferences of individual users and provides notification of identified media content to the users. In one embodiment, the system (100) includes a number of user nodes (102, 104 and 106) that communicate with a registration site (110)...http://www.google.co.uk/patents/US6591245?utm_source=gb-gplus-sharePatent US6591245 - Media content notification via communications network