A method, a media system of/for recommending media content on the media
system (103) by use of a first set (300) of preference profiles stored on
the media system and a second set (301) of preference profiles stored on
a server (101), wherein each preference profile of said two sets of
preference profiles comprises preferred media content saved with
characteristics of a community on the server, and saved with
characteristics of a user on the media system. The media system can be a
TV, a computer, a personal video recorder, a set-top box or a radio. The
media content can be TV, video, a radio broadcasting, Internet or
Internet sites. The community characteristics can be a community name, a
profession, an employer, a department of the employer, a group, a
sub-group, a region of living, a sex, sexual preferences, etc. The
preferred media content can be categories such as comedy, horror, sport,
opera, news, etc. The method includes the steps of: transferring a
selected first community characteristics (105) to the server from the
media system; determining, on the server, a third set of preference
profiles (302) with a third preferred media content from the second set
of preference profiles, wherein the third set has characteristics
matching the received first community characteristics; transferring the
third set of preference profiles from the server to the media system in
response to the received first community characteristics; and
recommending media